Value of CT in injuries of C1-C2- report on 13 cases
- Author:
Tuyen Thi Thanh Ha
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
CT image
- MeSH:
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted;
Wounds and Injuries
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2001;263(9):63-66
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The author analyzed the imaging features of 13 cases of the cervical trauma with suspected lesions in C1-C2 based on clinical findings and conventional X-rays. The technical is very simple: continuous axial slices of 2 mm thickness in C1-C2, double window, sagital and coronal reconstructions. With CT, we can confirm the diagnosis (including 5 cases of rotary subluxation of C1 on C2, 5 of rotary subluxation of C1 on C2 associated with fracture of the atlas or fracture of the dens, 1 fracture only of the dens associated with lateral mass fracture of the atlas, 1 of Hangman’s fracture), evaluate the severity of the instability of the cervical spine as well as the spinal cord lesion and guide of the treament. Conclusion: CT imaging is helpful and characteristic in the C1- C2 trauma
