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Fig. 7

From: Dynamic evaluation of the cervical spine by kinematic MRI in patients with cervical spinal cord injury without fracture and dislocation

Fig. 7

Cervical neutral sagittal T1-weighted MRI (a) confirmed the absence of vertebral body fracture and no signal of hemorrhage in the spinal cord of case 2; T2-weighted (b) and fat-saturated (c) imaging revealed abnormal signals of injury in the spinal cord from the C5 vertebral body to the cervical 6/7 disc level, in addition to disc herniation with spinal cord compression at C5/6 and C6/7. Cervical flexion MRI (d–f) showed reduced disc herniation without evident compression of the spinal cord at C5/6 and C6/7. Cervical extension MRI (g–i) showed aggravated disc herniation with spinal cord compression and canal stenosis at C5/6 and C6/7

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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

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