Traumatic posterior atlantoaxial dislocation without neurological deficit: case report.
A case is presented in which a patient sustained a closed head injury with subsequent acute subdural hematoma and delayed posterior dislocation of the atlas without fracture of the odontoid process and with an intact C-1 arch. The subdural hematoma was treated operatively. The atlas dislocation was managed with closed reduction without manipulation and subsequent posterior fusion of C-1, C-2, and C-3. The patient was intact neurologically on admission and remained so throughout his hospitalization.
D000328:Adult; D001268:Atlanto-Axial Joint / Q000293:injuries*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009420:Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014143:Traction