DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2015.v03i11.019

Pages: 1073-1074

A cervical fracture (broken neck) is a catastrophic fracture of any of the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck. Common causes in humans are traffic collisions and fall from height. Abnormal movement of neck bones or pieces of bone can cause a spinal cord injury resulting in loss of sensation, paralysis, or death. In case report a 16 year old boy residing in hostel went to movie at evening without permission of warden. When he back it was late, so the hostel gate was closed. Then he jumped from 12 feet hostel gate, but he couldn’t land safely. Soon after the jump he felt giddiness and had one episode of vomiting. He went to his room and slept for a while, but he was feeling unwell, so his roommates informed to warden, he took him to hospital for the treatment. In Post Mortem Examination, on examination of vertebrae, there was un displaced fracture of cervical vertebrae at the level of C6-C7. In discussion and conclusion When the victim jumped from the height and landed on his feet, there was un displaced fracture of cervical vertebrae at the level of C6-C7. Because of un displaced fracture he had only minor symptoms. As the patient makes moves, there was gradually narrowing of the spinal cord leading to giddiness and respiratory failure, finally ended up with death.