FRACTURE OF THE OCCIPITAL CONDYLE

We report the case of a patient with occipital condyle fracture who wa s neurologically intact. The patient was treated conservatively with a neck collar, and the symptoms resolved in 3 months. This diagnosis ca n be suspected in high-velocity road traffic accidents, in a patient w ith neck pain, disproportionate torticollis, or lower cranial nerve sy mptoms. Skull radiography and cervical spine films can be normal, The diagnosis is best made by high-resolution computed tomographic (CT) sc anning with sagittal and coronal reconstruction.