Delayed Neurological Deficit after Traumatic Odontoid Fracture

Traumatic Posterior Atlantoaxial Dislocation Without Associated Fracture but With Neurological Deficit

Posterior atlantoaxial dislocation without odontoid fracture is extremely rare and often results in fatal spinal cord injury. According to the reported literature, all cases presented mild or no neurologic deficit, with no definite relation to upper spinal cord injury. Little is reported about traumatic posterior atlantoaxial dislocation, with incomplete quadriplegia associated with a spinal co...

Odontoid Fracture: Computed Tomography

Craniocervical deformity and myelopathy after chronic odontoid fracture.

E420 CMAJ, September 22, 2015, 187(13) ©2015 8872147 Canada Inc. or its licensors Ahealthy 68-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 6-month history of neck pain, weakness of the arms, hand incoordination, difficulty walking and tingling sensations in the arms and legs. She had been in a motor vehicle collision 25 years earlier in which the base of the odontoid process had ...

Dysphagia and deformity after undetected odontoid fracture in elderly patients.

Trauma in elderly patients is often difficult to evaluate and neck injuries are probably more common than is documented. A case is described of a missed odontoid peg fracture with the unusual presentation of dysphagia and a rapidly developing cervicodorsal kyphos (head falling forward), which may well have been anticipated at several points in the management chain. The lessons to be learned are...

Complete fracture-dislocation of the thoracolumbar spine without neurological deficit

RATIONALE Traumatic fracture of the thoracolumbar junction (T10-L2) is the most common fracture of the spinal column. Due to the disruption of the entire vertebrae column, the fracture-dislocation of the thoracolumbar spine is almost invariably associated with neurological injury. A complete fracture-dislocation of the thoracolumbar spine without neurological deficit is a rare entity. PATIENT...