Awareness of traumatic occult lateral mass fracture of the cervical spine triggered by the presence of unilateral vertebral artery occlusion: a case report.
Tsunehiko KonomiKota SudaSatoko MatsumotoMiki KomatsuMasahiko TakahataNorimasa IwasakiAkio MinamiPublished in: Spinal cord series and cases (2018)
VA injury occurs frequently as a complication of blunt cervical spine trauma. In the present case, however, the lateral mass fracture was not seen on MRI and missed until the unilateral VA injury was detected. When high-energy trauma of the cervical spine is suspected, it is important to evaluate damage to the spinal cord, bone, soft-tissue, and VA by MRI and CT.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- soft tissue
- trauma patients
- spinal cord
- magnetic resonance imaging
- spinal cord injury
- bone mineral density
- minimally invasive
- diffusion weighted imaging
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance
- oxidative stress
- hip fracture
- pulmonary embolism
- dual energy
- body composition
- image quality
- positron emission tomography
- bone loss