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A special case on the use of ultrasonography for evaluation of the spinal canal and its contents in adults

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In this article we present a 70-year-old man with a history of severe trauma in the upper thoracic spine. This patient presented at our emergency department with a leaking wound in the lower neck after removal of osteosynthetic material. He had undergone a laminectomy of the third thoracic vertebra in the past. As an incidental finding, while examining the region of the lower neck by transcutaneous ultrasonography, we diagnosed a post-traumatic syrinx of the spinal medulla at this level.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University Hospital Pellenberg, Weligerveld 1, 3212, Pellenberg, Belgium

    V. Provoost & P. Brys

  2. Department of Emergency Radiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, Leuven, Belgium

    E. Geusens

  3. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospital Pellenberg, Weligerveld 1, 3212, Pellenberg, Belgium

    C. Kiekens

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Provoost, V., Geusens, E., Brys, P. et al. A special case on the use of ultrasonography for evaluation of the spinal canal and its contents in adults. Emerg Radiol 11, 150–152 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-004-0382-z

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