HIGH CERVICAL PAIN AND IMPAIRMENT OF SKULL MOBILITY AS THE ONLY SYMPTOMS OF AN OCCIPITAL CONDYLE FRACTURE - CASE-REPORT

Occipital condyle fractures are rarely reported in survivors of trauma . Most cases involve patients with a major head trauma, lower cranial nerve palsy, and/or suspected lesions demonstrated on plain x-ray film s of the skull or cervical spine. The authors describe a traffic-accid ent victim in whom an atlanto-occipital joint lesion was suspected bas ed only on mobility investigation of the skull. Axial high-resolution computerized tomography of the atlanto-occipital joint showed a fractu re of the right occipital condyle.