title: Traumatic fracture of the clivus and vermian contusion in a child.
abstract: The case of a fracture of the clivus in a 10-year-old boy following a road traffic accident is reported. He also suffered a contusion of the cerebellar vermis and the management dilemma in this case is highlighted. Fracture of the clivus in a child is extremely rare; this is the second reported case and the first reported with survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UK.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ogungbo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sengupta
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003288:Contusions / Q000601:surgery; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy; D008353:Mannitol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
chemical_list: D008353:Mannitol