Hashimoto T, Watanabe O, Takase M, Koniyama J, Kobota M
Department of Neurosurgery, Chiba Rosai Hospital, Japan.
Neurosurgery. 1988 Sep;23(3):367-70. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198809000-00015.
Occipital condyle fractures are rare and are usually associated with severe head and cervical spine injury. A 71-year-old man developed unilateral palsies of the 9th through 12th cranial nerves (Collet-Sicard syndrome) due to a fracture of the occipital condyle, which was diagnosed by computed tomography. He was treated conservatively and made a good recovery.