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Pediatric Clay Shoveler Fracture
Etiology: trauma
Imaging: fracture of the C6 or more commonly C7 spinous process
Radiology Cases of Clay Shoveler Fracture
Axial and sagittal 2D reconstruction from a CT without contrast of the cervical spine shows a lucency through the middle part of the spinous process of the C7 vertebral body.Lateral radiograph of the cervical spine shows a lucency through the middle part of the spinous process of the C7 vertebral body. Sagittal STIR MRI without contrast of the cervical spine shows bright signal representing edema in the interspinous ligaments between the C6-C7 and C7-T1 vertebral bodies.