title: MR imaging of fatal atlantoaxial dislocation caused by retropharyngeal abscess.
authors.affiliation: Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Elster
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D001268:Atlanto-Axial Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*