Atlanto-occipital dislocation

Case contributed by Chad Wong , 30 Apr 2016
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Henry Knipe, 19 May 2019

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

Basion-dens distance 29 mm (should be <8.5 mm).

Images Changes:

Image Annotated image (Sagittal cervical spine CT) ( update )

Description was removed:
Basion-dens interval is 28.7mm. The usual interval is <8.5mm on CT.

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