Acutely unstable cervical spine injury with normal CT scan findings: MRI detects ligamentous injury |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Children''s Hospital Tuebingen;2. Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Children''s Hospital Tuebingen;3. Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology, University Children''s Hospital Tuebingen;4. Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Applied Biometry, University of Tuebingen;5. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Tuebingen |
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| Abstract: | MRI can detect ligamentous injury not detectable with CT scan. The authors present a trauma patient with normal CT imaging despite dislocation on standing radiograph. MRI detected disruption of the C5–C6 posterior ligamentous complex that requires surgery. |
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| Keywords: | CT scan Ligamentous spine injury MRI Spinal cord injury Spine fracture |
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