Motion Induced Artifact Mimicking Cervical Dens Fracture on the CT Scan: A Case Report.
- Author:
Yoshihisa SUGIMOTO
1
;
Yasuo ITO
;
Yasuyuki SHIOZAKI
;
Tetsuya SHIMOKAWA
;
Tetsuro MAZAKI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Reconstruction; Motion artifact; Mimicking; Cervical fracture
- MeSH: Artifacts; Humans; Middle Aged; Motorcycles; Paralysis; Spinal Cord Injuries; Spine; Tomography, Spiral Computed
- From:Asian Spine Journal 2012;6(3):216-218
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: The diagnostic performance of helical computed tomography (CT) is excellent. However, some artifacts have been reported, such as motion, beam hardening and scatter artifacts. We herein report a case of motion-induced artifact mimicking cervical dens fracture. A 60-year-old man was involved in a motorcycle accident that resulted in cervical spinal cord injury and quadri plegia. Reconstructed CT images of the cervical spine showed a dens fracture. We assessed axial CT in detail, and motion artifact was detected.
