Sprain of the Subaxial Cervical Spine in Childhood

Posterior atlantoaxial ligament disruption in children is a rare diagnosis. We present a case of a young girl with cervical spine posterior atlantoaxial ligament disruption post a fall from a climbing frame. Presenting with minimal symptoms other than neck pain, this case highlights the diagnostic d...

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Autores principales: Lyons, Rebecca F., McSorely, Kevin, Jadaan, Mutaz, McCabe, J. P., Murphy, Colin G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6286739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30595932
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3653657
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author Lyons, Rebecca F.
McSorely, Kevin
Jadaan, Mutaz
McCabe, J. P.
Murphy, Colin G.
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description Posterior atlantoaxial ligament disruption in children is a rare diagnosis. We present a case of a young girl with cervical spine posterior atlantoaxial ligament disruption post a fall from a climbing frame. Presenting with minimal symptoms other than neck pain, this case highlights the diagnostic difficulty and need for further radiological imaging in paediatric patients with neck pain post trauma.
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spelling pubmed-62867392018-12-30 Sprain of the Subaxial Cervical Spine in Childhood Lyons, Rebecca F. McSorely, Kevin Jadaan, Mutaz McCabe, J. P. Murphy, Colin G. Case Rep Orthop Case Report Posterior atlantoaxial ligament disruption in children is a rare diagnosis. We present a case of a young girl with cervical spine posterior atlantoaxial ligament disruption post a fall from a climbing frame. Presenting with minimal symptoms other than neck pain, this case highlights the diagnostic difficulty and need for further radiological imaging in paediatric patients with neck pain post trauma. Hindawi 2018-11-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6286739/ /pubmed/30595932 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3653657 Text en Copyright © 2018 Rebecca F. Lyons et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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