Acutely unstable cervical spine injury with normal CT scan findings: MRI detects ligamentous injury

Andrew M. Erwood; Taylor J. Abel; Andrew J. Grossbach; Raheel Ahmed; Nader S. Dahdaleh; Brian J. Dlouhy

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Acutely unstable cervical spine injury with normal CT scan findings: MRI detects ligamentous injury

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience (2016) 24 165-167

DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.09.004

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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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Erwood, A. M., Abel, T. J., Grossbach, A. J., Ahmed, R., Dahdaleh, N. S., & Dlouhy, B. J. (2016). Acutely unstable cervical spine injury with normal CT scan findings: MRI detects ligamentous injury. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 24, 165–167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2015.09.004

Acutely unstable cervical spine injury with normal CT scan findings: MRI detects ligamentous injury

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