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Case of the Week 455



What is the most likely diagnosis?

  • 54 year-old female with neck pain after fall



Frontal and Lateral Radiographs of Cervical Spine

  1. Hangman's Fracture
  2. Jefferson Fracture
  3. Unilateral Locked Facet
  4. Clay Shoveler's Fracture
  5. Retropharyngeal Abscess

Additional Image - Axial CT of Cervical Spine

 

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Axial CT of Cervical Spine


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3. Unilateral Locked Facet

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Unilateral Locked Facet


Ligamentous Injuries

  • Mechanism is flexion/distraction
    • Injury is to the posterior spinal ligamentous complex
    • Unstable in flexion; stable in extension
    • If unrecognized, can lead to progressive neurologic damage
  • Imaging Findings
  • Widening of the interspinous distance
  • Slight anterior subluxation of one vertebral body on another
  • Widening of the facet joint
  • Usually the posterior aspect
  • Disk space narrower anteriorly than posteriorly

 

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