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The Utility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Detecting Unstable Cervical Spine Injuries in the Neurologically Intact Traumatized Patient Following Negative Computed Tomography Imaging

JACOB FENNESSY, JOSEPH WICK, FIONA SCOTT, ROLANDO ROBERTO, YASHAR JAVIDAN and ERIC KLINEBERG
International Journal of Spine Surgery December 2020, 14 (6) 901-907; DOI: https://doi.org/10.14444/7138

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    Patient enrollment with inclusion and exclusion criteria.

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    Twenty-five-year-old female involved in a motor vehicle collision complaining of midline cervical tenderness and painful range of motion on exam following an unremarkable cervical spine computed tomography scan (left). Magnetic resonance imaging was obtained to rule out unstable injury and noted to have interspinous ligament sprain from C3 to C6 demonstrated on Short-T1 Inversion Recovery imaging (right).

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    Thirty-seven-year-old male involved in auto-versus-pedestrian accident complaining of midline cervical tenderness and painful range of motion (ROM) on exam. Cervical spine computed tomography is unremarkable for fracture or column disruption (left); however, magnetic resonance imaging was obtained and demonstrates prevertebral edema localized anterior to the C3/4, C4/5, and C5/6 vertebral bodies (right).

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The Utility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Detecting Unstable Cervical Spine Injuries in the Neurologically Intact Traumatized Patient Following Negative Computed Tomography Imaging
JACOB FENNESSY, JOSEPH WICK, FIONA SCOTT, ROLANDO ROBERTO, YASHAR JAVIDAN, ERIC KLINEBERG
International Journal of Spine Surgery Dec 2020, 14 (6) 901-907; DOI: 10.14444/7138
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