PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Seijiro Taniura AU - Kyoko Tatebayashi AU - Keiichi Akatsuka AU - Atsumi Takenobu AU - Hideki Kamitani AU - Masayuki Yokota AU - Takashi Watanabe TI - Transoral Penetration of a Half-Split Chopstick between the Basion and the Dens DP - 2004 May 01 TA - American Journal of Neuroradiology PG - 871--872 VI - 25 IP - 5 4099 - http://www.ajnr.org/content/25/5/871.short 4100 - http://www.ajnr.org/content/25/5/871.full SO - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2004 May 01; 25 AB - 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.