The common causes of cervical spine injury includes trauma particularly road side
accidents. Some time trivial trauma of spine can produce neurological deficits particularly
if the spine is already diseased e.g. osteoporosis of tuberculosis. we present an
unusual case report of cervical spine injury in a young female with healthy spine
The injury resulted by the fall of a flower pot on her head. This resulted in fracture
of C 4 vertebra which required surgical intervention.
Keywords
cervical spine - cervical spine fracture - cervical spine trauma