Fig. 20From: The craniocervical junction: embryology, anatomy, biomechanics and imaging in blunt traumaClassical hangman’s fracture in a 74-year-old male who fell down a flight of stairs: a axial CT image the C2 vertebra pars interarticulares demonstrating the typical fracture line locations in this type of classical hangman’s fracture (arrows); b sagittal reformatted CT image through the right pars interarticularis demonstrates the typical fracture line location (arrows) which was also evident in the left pars interarticularis (not shown)Back to article page