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Pontomedullary tear in a speedboat accident. Report of a case with MRI diagnosis
P C Blumbergs1, P E Oatey, A Sandhu
1Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Zentralblatt Fur Neurochirurgie
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
A case of atlanto-occipital dislocation with incomplete pondomedullary brainstem tear is reported; it resulted from a high-speed motorboat accident. The 43 year old man exhibited a locked-in syndrome; the diagnosis was made with MRI and verified by autopsy. With modern methods of life support, prolonged survival after such injuries is unfortunately sometimes possible.