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Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is not routinely used to exclude ligamentous and other soft tissue injury in the unconscious trauma patient. In order to determine the frequency and types of soft tissue injuries detected by MR imaging but not by computed tomography (CT), we performed a retrospective investigation comparing the MR findings in 59 trauma patients, either alert or unconscious, who previously had undergone a negative clearance multislice CT study of the cervical spine. Six patients had abnormalities not identified on the CT studies, including four cases of ligamentous injury.
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Kihiczak, D., Novelline, R., Lawrason, J. et al. Should an MR scan be performed routinely after a normal clearance CT scan in the trauma patient? Experience with 59 cases. Emergency Radiology 8, 276–278 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00011920
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00011920