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Fig. 15 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 15

From: The craniocervical junction: embryology, anatomy, biomechanics and imaging in blunt trauma

Fig. 15

Type III occipital condyle fracture: a axial CT image through the atlanto-occipital level performed as part of a polytrauma CT assessment of a young female pedestrian struck by a motorcyclist travelling at speed; b coronal CT image of the same patient. The type III occipital condyle fracture can be subtle on CT imaging [indicated here on the right (arrow)] but may indicate a high-energy traumatic mechanism to the craniocervical junction with potentially unstable craniocervical spine injury related to alar ligament avulsion

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