case_images: PMC10858769_01
case_images: Spinal magnetic resonance imaging of patient 1. Upper row: sagittal slices, T2-weighted sequences. Lower row: sagittal slices, short-tau inversion recovery sequences. Red circles indicate a fracture of the articular facet and a laceration of the yellow ligament on the left. Blue arrows indicate the spinal cord lesion; yellow arrow indicates subdural hematoma.
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case_images: F1
case_images: The magnetic resonance (MR)-documented a left T3-T4 ligamentum flavum laceration, a dural tear, and a thin left-sided posterolateral T2-T5 subdural hematoma (SDH). The computed tomography (CT) showed a fracture of the left upper T3 facet joint [Figures 1 and 2].
case_images: Spinal magnetic resonance imaging of patient 1. Axial slices, short-tau inversion recovery sequences. Red circles indicate a fracture of the articular facet, a laceration of the yellow ligament, and a contusion of the paravertebral tissues on the left. Blue arrows indicate the spinal cord lesion.
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case_images: F2
case_images: The magnetic resonance (MR)-documented a left T3-T4 ligamentum flavum laceration, a dural tear, and a thin left-sided posterolateral T2-T5 subdural hematoma (SDH). The computed tomography (CT) showed a fracture of the left upper T3 facet joint [Figures 1 and 2].
case_images: PMC10858769_02
case_images: Spinal magnetic resonance imaging of patient 2, sagittal and axial scans. Red circles indicate the laceration of the yellow ligament and the interspinous ligament with signs of a cerebrospinal fluid fistula (hyperintensity in the short-tau inversion recovery sequences and a small fluid collection in the subcutaneous tissue). Blue arrows indicate the lesion on the posterior-lateral side of the thecal sac.
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case_images: F4
case_images: The MRI showed a tear in the right yellow/interspinous ligaments at the D11-D12 level, a laceration of the right posterolateral cord, and a DT/CSF with CSF extending into the paravertebral muscles [Figure 4].