Presentation
Trauma to the neck followed by quadriparesis
Patient Data
Age: 20 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Flexion tear drop fracture and cord injury
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Hyperflexion fracture of C5 vertebral body with retropulsion squeezing the cervical cord against the posterior neural arch and resulting in cord edema extending from C3 to C6. No cord transection.
Case Discussion
Diagnosis: Flexion tear drop fracture of C5 and traumatic cord edema. (Unstable hyperflexion injury of cervical spine)
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