title: Occipital condyle fracture must be considered in the pediatric population: case report.
abstract: To our knowledge, no case of occipital condyle fracture after minor head trauma in the pediatric population has been published. We report the case of a 12-year-old girl with a Jefferson's fracture detected on x-ray films. Axial high resolution computed tomography and coronal reconstruction images demonstrated the additional occipital condyle fracture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery, General Hospital Middleheim, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stroobants
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Seynaeve
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fidlers
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klaes
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brabants
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van Hoye
mesh_terms: D001270:Cervical Atlas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D002648:Child; D004242:Diving / Q000293:injuries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000293:injuries; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed