Pathology

Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - C6 Fracture

Fracture of C6

Wolfgang Rauschning, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Professor, Clinical and Applied Anatomy and Pathology
Uppsala University Hospital
Uppsala, Sweden
Superior articular process fracture of C6
Superior articular process fracture of C6 which was not detected at autopsy or on specimen radiograms. The C5–C6 and the C6–C7 facet joints are completely ruptured and filled with the embedding medium. Note the hematoma in the C6 ganglion and the perineural tissues. The fracture dislodges and compresses the vertebral artery. The capsule of the lower facet joint has torn out a small bone fragment. A disc rupture was also found at this level. There also was an odontoid process fracture and several uncovertebral and facet joint injuries.

©2000 Wolfgang Rauschning, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical Anatomy
Academic University Hospital
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Uppsala, Sweden
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Last Updated: 07/29/2004
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