Saturday, March 10, 2012

Spinal fracture with hematoma

History of fall of weight over the patient 7 days prior to MRI examination. Sagittal T2W MR image shows anterior wedge collapse of L1 vertebral body with cord edema in the region of conus in about 1.4 cm span. Clinical examination showed initial AIS D, patient was followed till discharge. No improvement was noted as initial AIS was good. Involvement of small segment of cord, absence of cord hemorrhage and severe cord compression were good prognostic indicator for the patient


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