Teenager in motor vehicle accident with neck pain

Pediatric Imaging Neurological January 4, 2021December 17, 2020

CT of fracture / distraction of C2 vertebral body — Sagittal (left) and coronal (right) 2D reconstructions from a CT without contrast of the cervical spine shows an oblique lucency through the C2 vertebral body with distraction of the fracture fragments. There is marked prevertebral soft tissue swelling throughout the cervical spine.

The diagnosis was a fracture-distraction of C2.

Published January 4, 2021December 17, 2020