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Radiology Cases in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 5, Case 2
Tai-Chuen Lin, Medical Student
Loren G. Yamamoto, MD, MPH
Most spinal cord injuries are attributed to trauma.
Absence of radiographic findings does not exclude a
spinal cord injury. A substantial portion of spinal cord
injuries in children (25% to 50%) have no radiographic
abnormalities--SCIWORA (spinal cord injury without
radiographic abnormalities). Some patients with
cervical spine injury may also have thoracolumbar
lesions. In the younger child, injuries to the cervical
spine often involve the upper three vertebrae.
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