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  • Radiopaedia case ID: 37474
  • Image ID: 13568451
  • Image stack position: 29/75
  • Plane projection: Sagittal
  • Aux modality: non-contrast
  • Modality: CT
  • System: Trauma
  • Findings: There is a slightly posteriorly displaced transverse type III fracture of the odontoid process of C2. Associated prevertebral soft tissue swelling. There is widening of the right atlanto-occipital joint and suggestion of an associated fracture of the posterior right lateral mass of C1, best appreciated on the sagittal projection. Bilateral C7 cervical ribs, with the left rib fused to the transverse process which is fractured posteriorly. Small left apical pneumothorax. Conclusion:
Date Published: 28th Jul 2015
Source https://radiopaedia.org/cases/axis-peg-fracture-type-3-and-atlas-lateral-mass-type-4-fracture
Author Craig Hacking
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