@article{ref1,
title="Occipital condyle fracture in a victim of a motor vehicle collision",
journal="Journal of emergency medicine",
year="2006",
author="Mowafi, Hani O. and Hickey, Kenneth S.",
volume="31",
number="3",
pages="259-262",
abstract="Occipital condyle fractures are rarely reported in the Emergency Medicine literature. It is unclear whether these fractures are rare or under-diagnosed. Occipital condyle fractures are associated with high-energy blunt trauma with significant cranial-cervical torque or axial loading. We report a case of a female patient with an occipital condyle fracture. The patient only complained of shoulder pain, but was found to have high cervical spine tenderness, after a moderate-speed front-end motor vehicle collision. Initial cervical spine radiographs were non-diagnostic. Computed tomography of the cervical spine demonstrated a non-displaced occipital condyle fracture. Conservative management with a semi-rigid cervical collar was successful in treating this patient's fracture. A review of the literature covers the diagnosis, radiographic findings, and management of this fracture.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0736-4679",
doi="10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.12.023",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.12.023"
}