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Application of Normative Occipital Condyle-C1 Interval Measurements to Detect Atlanto-Occipital Injury in Children.

B CorcoranLuke L LinscottJames L LeachSudhakar Vadivelu
Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2016)
Occipital condyle-C1 interval widening cutoffs used to establish atlanto-occipital injury lack both sensitivity and specificity in children and young teenagers. MR imaging is necessary to establish a diagnosis of atlanto-occipital injury in children and young teenagers when the appropriate mechanism of injury is present.
Keyphrases
  • young adults
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • magnetic resonance