Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiological Abnormality

  • Etiology: Spinal cord less tolerant to vertical tensile force or stretching than osseous column
  • Imaging Radiograph: Negative
  • Imaging CT: Negative
  • Imaging MRI: Spinal cord injury on MRI without abnormalities on radiograph or CT
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Radiology Cases of Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiological Abnormality

spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality / SCIWORA
Sagittal CT without contrast of the spine (left) shows no fractures. Sagittal T2 (middle) and STIR (right) MRI without contrast of the cervical spine shows a round high signal intensity lesion in the spinal cord at T1-T2.