title: High cervical pain and impairment of skull mobility as the only symptoms of an occipital condyle fracture. Case report.
abstract: Occipital condyle fractures are rarely reported in survivors of trauma. Most cases involve patients with a major head trauma, lower cranial nerve palsy, and/or suspected lesions demonstrated on plain x-ray films of the skull or cervical spine. The authors describe a traffic-accident victim in whom an atlanto-occipital joint lesion was suspected based only on mobility investigation of the skull. Axial high-resolution computerized tomography of the atlanto-occipital joint showed a fracture of the right occipital condyle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, General Hospital Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stroobants
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fidlers
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Storms
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klaes
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dua
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van Hoye
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001269:Atlanto-Occipital Joint / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology*; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D010146:Pain / Q000473:pathology*; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis*