TY - JOUR T1 - Transoral Penetration of a Half-Split Chopstick between the Basion and the Dens JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology JO - Am. J. Neuroradiol. SP - 871 LP - 872 VL - 25 IS - 5 AU - Seijiro Taniura AU - Kyoko Tatebayashi AU - Keiichi Akatsuka AU - Atsumi Takenobu AU - Hideki Kamitani AU - Masayuki Yokota AU - Takashi Watanabe Y1 - 2004/05/01 UR - http://www.ajnr.org/content/25/5/871.abstract N2 - Summary: A 6-year-old girl was admitted for transoral penetrating injury by a half-split chopstick. Subsequent CT imaging examinations showed that the chopstick had passed between the basion and the dens and reached the subarachnoid space just at the medulla oblongata. A sagittal reconstructed CT scan was useful for the evaluation of the injury. Imaging findings and their clinical relevance are discussed. ER -