A Pediatric Radiology Textbook and Pediatric Radiology Digital Library
Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiological Abnormality
Etiology: spinal cord less tolerant to vertical tensile force / stretching than osseus column
Imaging: cord injury on MRI without abnormalities on radiograph or CT
Radiology Cases of Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiological Abnormality
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.