Concomitant fracture of bilateral occipital condyle and inferior clivus: what is the mechanism of injury?
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
With the routine use of multi-slice high resolution computed tomography, increasing number of occipital condyle fractures have been reported in the last decade. The authors report a very rare case of bilateral occipital condyle fracture complicated by the fracture of the inferior clivus and discuss the possible mechanisms of injury.
Medical subject headings
- Cranial Fossa, Posterior
- Occipital Bone
- Skull Fracture, Basilar