Isolated Traumatic Diastasis of the Clival Synchondroses without Clival Fracture.

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Isolated Traumatic Diastasis of the Clival Synchondroses without Clival Fracture.

Pediatr Neurosurg. 2018 Apr 19;:

Authors: Faraji AH, Ochalski PG, Ozpinar A, Blatt JE, Pollack IF

Abstract
Traumatic clival fractures in the pediatric population are associated with high mortality rates. In our previously reported series, a subset of clival fractures were associated with traumatic diastasis of the surrounding clival synchondroses. Herein, we describe a pediatric case of an isolated traumatic diastasis of the clival synchondroses without clival fracture with significant injury to neurovascular structures. To our knowledge this is the first report to describe this entity. Careful radiological attention should be made towards the clival synchondroses in crushing head injuries to best tailor screening for cerebrovascular injury even in the absence of clival fractures.

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