Jefferson fracture in a 2-year-old child

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Routt-M-L-Jr. Green-N-E. Department of Orthopaedics, University of Washington, Seattle. J-Trauma. 1989 Dec. 29(12). P 1710-2. Fractures of the atlas vertebra in the pediatric population are very rare, yet must be considered when evaluating a child with neck pain and torticollis. Plain radiographs and computerized tomography should be used in conjunction to confirm the diagnosis. Author-abstract.