title: Isolated Transverse Clivus Fracture without Neurodeficit: Case Report and Review of Literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Clivus is a bony surface in the posterior cranial fossa, serving as the support of the brainstem and thus neighboring important structures because of its location. Skull base fractures that cannot be shown by conventional radiography can be clearly imaged by high-resolution bone window computed tomography.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 44 years-old male referred to the emergency department because of a traffic accident in the car. His only complaint was a severe neckache. His X-ray examination showed no pathology. The computed tomographic examination showed no parenchymal pathology, but a isolated transverse fracture in the clivus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The computed tomographic examination showed isolated transverse fracture in the clivus our case presented in this paper is the first case of transverse clivus fracture without additional cranial bone fracture and neurologic deficit in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Necip Fazıl State Hospital, Kahramanmaras, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ömer
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Akar
authors.affiliation: Departmant of Neurosurgery, Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yaldiz
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Neurosurgery, Specialist in Neurosurgery, Tepecik Education and Training Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nail
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Özdemir
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Koç, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Onur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yaman
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Neurospinal Academy, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sedat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dalbayrak
keywords: Fractures, Bone; Neurologic Manifestations; Tomography, Spiral Computed
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