Report of the case of a 62 year old male, who died in a car crash on his way home from duty, when he had a frontal collison with annother car at a speed of about 70 km per hour. After the collision, the car had completely turned over to its wheels. As the @entity1 had put on the seat belts, he had not been cast against the front window so that there were no @entity542 . Following an unconsciousness of about ten minutes the @entity1 recovered quickly and was already fully oriented when arrived at hospital. No neurological symptoms could be substantiated. He only suffered from @entity4048 and had a marked swelling of the left side of the neck. A burstin @entity174 ( @entity174 ) was overlooked in routine X-rays of the craniovertebral region. Eight days after the accident, the hitherto "well improving" @entity1 died suddenly and unexpectedly. The autopsy revealed an obstructing @entity715 of the left vertebral artery, less than 24 hours old. The wall of the artery showed numerous dissecting @entity397 with intramural bleedings.

[ XXXX with delayed fatal @entity715 following "whiplash" injury of the neck (author's transl)].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patient', 'man'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['Jefferson-fracture', 'fracture of the atlas vertebra'] @entity542 :: ('MESH:D006259', 'Disease') :: ['head injuries'] @entity4048 :: ('MESH:D019547', 'Disease') :: ['pain of the neck'] @entity397 :: ('MESH:D012421', 'Disease') :: ['ruptures'] @entity715 :: ('MESH:D013927', 'Disease') :: ['thrombosis']
@entity174 :: (MESH:D050723,Disease) :: ['Multiple fractures of the atlas']
