Presentation
Neck trauma.
Patient Data
Age: 35 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Axis fracture - MRI
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The vertical fracture line is present at the axis body left side.
The fracture line also is seen at the pars inter-articularis on the right side.
No evidence of fracture fragment displacement into the cervical canal is seen.
Case Discussion
Vertical axis fractures are a variant of traumatic spondylolisthesis that usually treated conservatively 1.
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