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Vol. 13 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2018.13.32

TYPE II ODONTOID FRACTURE: A CASE REPORT AND A CORRECT MEDICO-LEGAL EVALUATION

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Published: January 12 2026
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Bartolo Caggiano
bartolocaggiano@gmail.com
Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome ‘‘Tor Vergata’’, Rome, Italy, Italy.
Michele Treglia
Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome ‘‘Tor Vergata’’, Rome, Italy, Italy.
Filippo Milano
Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome ‘‘Tor Vergata’’, Rome, Italy, Italy.
Anna Mancuso
Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome ‘‘Tor Vergata’’, Rome, Italy, Italy.
Luigi Tonino Marsella
Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome ‘‘Tor Vergata’’, Rome, Italy, Italy.
Alessandro Feola
Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome ‘‘Tor Vergata’’, Rome, Italy, Italy.
Gian Luca Marella
Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome ‘‘Tor Vergata’’, Rome, Italy, Italy.
Matteo Solinas
Unit of Forensic Medicine, Department of Diagnostic, Clinical and Public Health Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, Italy.
The authors present a case of a 54-year-old man with a fracture at the base of the odontoid process (dens) following a traffic accident. This paper describes the clinical-instrumental approach for research purposes, an objective diagnosis to find the presence of lesions, and the medico-legal issues caused by the difficulty in evaluating the impairment level resulting from this type of injury

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TYPE II ODONTOID FRACTURE: A CASE REPORT AND A CORRECT MEDICO-LEGAL EVALUATION. (2026). EuroMediterranean Biomedical Journal, 13. https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2018.13.32
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