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Spine Trauma: MRI Pitfalls

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Spinal trauma is a potentially devastating injury, and imaging is frequently required to assess its nature and extent. While computed tomography is often the primary imaging modality used, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly employed for imaging patients with acute spinal trauma, particularly if there is a need to assess the cord, soft tissues, or bone marrow. In most cases, the MRI diagnosis is usually straightforward, but there are a few normal variants, as well as some pathological entities, that can cause diagnostic confusion in interpretation. Familiarity on the part of the radiologist with some of these diagnostic pitfalls will aid in the assessment and management of the patient with acute spinal trauma undergoing MRI evaluation.

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Abbreviations

CT:

Computed tomography

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

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  1. Department of Radiology, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia

    Sri Andreani Utomo MD & Paulus Rahardjo MD

  2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National University of Singapore, National University Health System, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

    Swee Tian Quek MBBS, FRCR

  3. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, 90 Yishun Central, Singapore, 768828, Republic of Singapore

    Wilfred C. G. Peh MD, FRCPE, FRCPG, FRCR

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Utomo, S.A., Rahardjo, P., Quek, S.T., Peh, W.C.G. (2017). Spine Trauma: MRI Pitfalls. In: Peh, W. (eds) Pitfalls in Musculoskeletal Radiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53496-1_14

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