Odontoid fracture following a fall in an elderly man.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.2519/jospt.2011.0424.
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Abstract
The patient was a 79-year-old man with a chief complaint of neck pain after a fall. Three days following the fall, the patient was seen in the emergency department, where computed tomography imaging of the head and radiographs of the cervical spine were completed. The patient was subsequently referred to a physical therapist. Due to concern for a possible undetected cervical spine fracture, the patient was immediately referred to his physician. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a type II fracture of the odontoid.
Medical subject headings
- Accidental Falls
- Fractures, Bone
- Odontoid Process