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.
Reza Dashti, Mustafa Onur Ulu, Sait Albayram, Sabri Aydin, Levent Ulusoy, and Murat Hanci.
Department of Neurosurgery, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, P.O. Box: 9, Cerrahpasa, Aksaray, 34303, Istanbul, Turkey. rdashti@istanbul.edu.tr
Eur Spine J. 2007 Dec 1; 16 Suppl 3 (Suppl 3): 261264261-4.
AbstractWith 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.