Low (type III) odontoid fracture: a new radiographic sign.

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Dens fractures [in humans] are frequently difficult to identify radiographically, particularly when it is only possible to obtain a lateral radiograph of the upper cervical spine. Further, when a dens fracture is identified in lateral projecton, it is often difficult to distinguish the high (type II) from the low (type III) fracture. An elongated ring density superimposed upon the body of the axis in the lateral cervical radiograph which, when horizontally disrupted, indicates a dens fracture and is a specific radiographic sign of the low variety is described.

This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: