Presented is a retrospective review of case notes and all available imaging studies in seven @entity1 with acute @entity174 -dislocations of the cervicothoracic junction. Imaging studies included radiographs (five cases), computed tomography (six cases), and magnetic resonance imaging (seven cases). The study group consisted of five @entity1 and two @entity1 with mean age at presentation of 43.6 years (range 25-69 years). Four @entity1 had been in road traffic accidents, whereas three @entity1 had had falls. Three @entity1 @entity51 with no recovery, whereas the remaining four had no abnormal neurology or mild deficit at presentation and were normal at final follow-up. The injury was missed initially in three cases. The commonest injury pattern was traumatic spondylolisthesis of C7 on T1 with multilevel @entity174 , resulting in increased anteroposterior canal dimensions (four cases). @entity2483 and pure facet dislocation were seen in one case each. @entity51 was related to the degree of anterior displacement of C7 on T1. @entity174 at the cervicothoracic junction is a rare injury with a variation of injury patterns and neurologic outcome.

XXXX and dislocations of the cervicothoracic junction.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'men'] @entity51 :: ('MESH:D009461', 'Disease') :: ['Neurologic deficit', 'sustained complete neurologic deficits'] @entity2483 :: ('MESH:C566443', 'Disease') :: ['Bilateral pars fractures of C7'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fractures', 'Fracture-dislocation', 'neural arch fractures']
@entity174 :: (MESH:D050723,Disease) :: ['Fractures']
