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Classic but unexpected: a case of Jefferson fracture

A man was found lying dead next to a ladder, with only a laceration surrounded by an abrasion visible upon external examination. No skull fractures were palpable. A CT scan and MRI showed a Jefferson fracture of the atlas, associated to a posterior displacement of the skull, a fracture of the dens o...

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Autores principales: Gassend, Jean-Loup, Braham, Mohamed Yassine, Vilarino, Raquel, Magnin, Virginie
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8119263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33151522
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12024-020-00333-1
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description A man was found lying dead next to a ladder, with only a laceration surrounded by an abrasion visible upon external examination. No skull fractures were palpable. A CT scan and MRI showed a Jefferson fracture of the atlas, associated to a posterior displacement of the skull, a fracture of the dens of the axis, and fractures of the bodies of C5 and C6. Jefferson fractures typically result from a blow to the apex of the skull. In such cases, forensic pathologists should suspect the existence of a Jefferson fracture, particularly when no severe injuries are visible externally.
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spelling pubmed-81192632021-05-26 Classic but unexpected: a case of Jefferson fracture Gassend, Jean-Loup Braham, Mohamed Yassine Vilarino, Raquel Magnin, Virginie Forensic Sci Med Pathol Images in Forensics A man was found lying dead next to a ladder, with only a laceration surrounded by an abrasion visible upon external examination. No skull fractures were palpable. A CT scan and MRI showed a Jefferson fracture of the atlas, associated to a posterior displacement of the skull, a fracture of the dens of the axis, and fractures of the bodies of C5 and C6. Jefferson fractures typically result from a blow to the apex of the skull. In such cases, forensic pathologists should suspect the existence of a Jefferson fracture, particularly when no severe injuries are visible externally. Springer US 2020-11-05 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8119263/ /pubmed/33151522 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12024-020-00333-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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title_short Classic but unexpected: a case of Jefferson fracture
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8119263/
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