title: Locked facets with fracture of the neural arch of the axis.
abstract: This report describes a rare variant represented by the association of locked facets at C2-3 with a fracture of the neural arch of the axis. Fracture of the neural arch of the axis is a broad term including the Hangman fracture, traumatic spondylolisthesis of the axis, fractures of the arch of the axis, or the more recently described fractures of the ring of the axis.
mesh_terms: D001368:Axis, Cervical Vertebra / Q000293:injuries*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography