@article {Woodring251, author = {John H. Woodring and Albert C. Selke, Jr. and Denise E. Duff}, title = {Traumatic Atlantooccipital Dislocation with Survival}, volume = {2}, number = {3}, pages = {251--254}, year = {1981}, publisher = {American Journal of Neuroradiology}, abstract = {Traumatic atlantooccipital dislocation is generally considered incompatible with life. However, there have been isolated survivals from this injury, and a few patients initially have minimal neurologic deficits disproportionate to the gravity of their injury, a feature that has not been adequately stressed. The potentially catastrophic results of delayed therapy make early radiographic detection imperative. Marked retropharyngeal soft-tissue swelling, an abnormal basion-odontoid alignment, and posterior displacement of the atlas are diagnostic of anterior atlantooccipital dislocation. In the more uncommon posterior atlantooccipital dislocation an abnormal basion-odontoid alignment associated with marked soft-tissue swelling should suggest the correct diagnosis. Conventional tomography can be confirmatory.}, issn = {0195-6108}, URL = {https://www.ajnr.org/content/2/3/251}, eprint = {https://www.ajnr.org/content/2/3/251.full.pdf}, journal = {American Journal of Neuroradiology} }