Cases
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Spinal fracture with cauda equina syndrome

Diagnosis certain
Published 04 Feb 2015
100% complete
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Von Hippel Lindau syndrome

Diagnosis certain
Published 14 Mar 2022
100% complete
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Cement embolism

Diagnosis certain
Published 12 Dec 2015
100% complete
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Pulmonary cement embolism secondary to vertebroplasty

Diagnosis certain
Published 08 Mar 2013
98% complete
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Vertebral hemangioma

Diagnosis certain
Published 12 Dec 2015
98% complete
CT
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Unstable thoracic spine fracture dislocation

Diagnosis certain
Published 29 Jul 2021
98% complete
CTX-ray
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Cervical extension-teardrop fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 07 Nov 2021
98% complete
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Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula - post-traumatic

Diagnosis certain
Published 28 Feb 2022
98% complete
MRICTFluoroscopyDSA (angiography)
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Caudal regression syndrome

Diagnosis certain
Published 12 Oct 2016
98% complete
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Left paravertebral neurofibroma

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Dec 2015
98% complete
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Arachnoid cyst - spinal

Diagnosis certain
Published 24 Feb 2009
98% complete
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Anterior vertebral scalloping (abdominal aortic aneurysm)

Diagnosis certain
Published 06 Mar 2019
98% complete
CT
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Burst fracture with cauda equina syndrome

Diagnosis certain
Published 04 Nov 2013
98% complete
MRICT
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Multitrauma with adrenal contusion and intertrochanteric fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 25 Feb 2015
98% complete
CT
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Burst fracture - thoracic spine

Diagnosis certain
Published 28 Jul 2014
98% complete
CT
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Dorsal thoracic arachnoid web

Diagnosis certain
Published 16 Mar 2018
98% complete
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Cervical spinal neurofibroma in a patient with NF1

Diagnosis certain
Published 13 Feb 2018
97% complete
CTMRI
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Post-traumatic pneumorrhachis and pneumocephalus

Diagnosis certain
Published 22 Aug 2018
96% complete
CT
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Extensive Pott disease with large psoas muscles abscesses

Diagnosis certain
Published 26 Aug 2021
95% complete
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Cerebral hemorrhagic contusions and cervical spine fractures

Diagnosis certain
Published 12 Feb 2018
95% complete
CT
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Spinal dural calcification

Diagnosis certain
Published 13 Jul 2013
95% complete
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Extraforaminal disc extrusion

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 May 2022
95% complete
CTMRI
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Crush injury with spinal, aortic and renal injuries

Diagnosis certain
Published 29 Jan 2018
95% complete
CT
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Ganglioneuroma

Diagnosis certain
Published 10 Jan 2013
95% complete
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Diastematomyelia

Diagnosis certain
Published 02 Feb 2019
95% complete
CT
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Pathological vertebral fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 05 May 2020
95% complete
CT
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Aneurysmal bone cyst

Diagnosis certain
Published 04 Sep 2019
95% complete
CTMRI
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Lumboperitoneal shunt

Diagnosis certain
Published 23 May 2017
95% complete
CT
Case
Facet joint dislocation, Jefferson and hangman fractures

Diagnosis certain
Published 26 Oct 2016
95% complete
MRICTX-ray
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Single column lumbar spine fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 30 Jun 2017
95% complete
CT
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Atlas fracture with Currarino type A congenital defect

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Nov 2019
95% complete
CT
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Hangman's fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 11 Jun 2016
95% complete
MRICT
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Spinal hydatid disease

Diagnosis certain
Published 19 Mar 2017
95% complete
PathologyCTMRI
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Facet joint septic arthritis masquerading as endplate osteomyelitis/discitis (spondylodiscitis)

Diagnosis certain
Published 07 Dec 2016
95% complete
CTMRI
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Spinal meningioma - densely calcified

Diagnosis certain
Published 04 Oct 2012
95% complete
CT
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Traumatic spinal cord injury

Diagnosis certain
Published 11 Jul 2016
95% complete
CTMRI
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Combined flexion-extension cervical spine fractures with traumatic spinal cord injury

Diagnosis certain
Published 16 Aug 2016
95% complete
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Crohn disease - small bowel lesions and sacroiliac ankylosis

Diagnosis certain
Published 01 Jun 2020
95% complete
CT
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Solitary bone metastasis - initial presentation of renal cell carcinoma

Diagnosis certain
Published 08 Jun 2020
95% complete
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Type III Odontoid fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 30 Apr 2020
95% complete
CT
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Abdominal wall pseudocyst secondary to lumboperitoneal shunt malpositioning

Diagnosis certain
Published 07 Feb 2022
95% complete
CT
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Unfused anterior arch of the atlas (in a child)

Diagnosis certain
Published 06 Jun 2014
95% complete
CT
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Spontaneous acute extradural hematoma of the thoracic spine

Diagnosis certain
Published 12 Jan 2017
95% complete
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Vertebral artery dissection

Diagnosis certain
Published 29 Nov 2019
95% complete
CT
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Ankylosing spondylitis complicated by fracture-dislocation

Diagnosis certain
Published 17 Jan 2015
95% complete
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Bilateral lumbar ribs

Diagnosis certain
Published 12 Nov 2013
95% complete
CT
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Disseminated tuberculosis

Diagnosis certain
Published 17 Sep 2015
95% complete
MRICTX-ray
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Cervical vertebral burst fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 05 Mar 2022
95% complete
MRICT
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Traumatic vertebral arterial dissection in setting of multitrauma

Diagnosis certain
Published 12 Jul 2015
95% complete
CT
Case
Traumatic disco-ligamentous injury of the cervical spine with vertebral artery dissection

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Jan 2015
95% complete
CTMRI
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Hangman's fracture - type 1

Diagnosis certain
Published 14 Oct 2018
95% complete
CT
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Ganglioneuroma

Diagnosis certain
Published 19 Nov 2015
95% complete
MRICTX-ray
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Chalk stick fracture - ankylosing spondylitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 16 Apr 2017
95% complete
CTX-rayMRI
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Tuberculosis - multisystem

Diagnosis certain
Published 17 Dec 2020
95% complete
CTMRI
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Aneurysmal bone cyst - cervical spine

Diagnosis certain
Published 07 Sep 2021
95% complete
CTMRIX-ray
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Acute L1 burst compression fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 23 Feb 2015
95% complete
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Traumatic rupture of transverse colon, small bowel injury and Hangman's fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 09 Feb 2018
95% complete
CT
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Hypoxic ischemic injury, diffuse axonal injury and atlanto-occipital dislocation

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Jun 2018
95% complete
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Congenital anomaly of the atlas: Currarino type A

Diagnosis certain
Published 05 Jan 2017
95% complete
CT
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Osteogenesis imperfecta

Diagnosis certain
Published 14 May 2018
95% complete
CT
Case
Bilateral locked facets

Diagnosis certain
Published 27 Jan 2015
95% complete
CT
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Multitrauma with diffuse axonal injury, temporal bone fractures and traumatic caroticocavernous fistula

Diagnosis certain
Published 09 Feb 2018
95% complete
CTDSA (angiography)
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Atlas (type 3b subtype 1) and axis (Anderson and D'Alonzo type 3, Roy-Camille type 2) fractures

Diagnosis certain
Published 25 Mar 2021
95% complete
MRICT
Case
Jefferson fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 06 Aug 2015
95% complete
CT
Case
Odontoid (peg) fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 04 Mar 2018
95% complete
CT
Case
Jefferson fracture in ankylosing spondylitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 16 Jan 2013
95% complete
CT
Case
Type III odontoid fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 26 Feb 2015
95% complete
CT
Case
Severe rotoscoliosis with gibbus deformity

Diagnosis certain
Published 07 Jan 2013
95% complete
CT
Case
Chalk stick fracture - ankylosing spondylitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 06 Apr 2022
95% complete
MRICT
Case
C1 and C2 (peg) fractures

Diagnosis certain
Published 13 Jul 2015
95% complete
CT
Case
Multitrauma with diaphragmatic rupture

Diagnosis certain
Published 09 Feb 2018
95% complete
CT
Case
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita

Diagnosis certain
Published 19 Oct 2021
95% complete
X-rayCT
Case
Spondylodiskitis of lumbar spine

Diagnosis certain
Published 05 May 2020
95% complete
CT
Case
Fracture-dislocation with bilateral locked facets

Diagnosis certain
Published 05 May 2020
95% complete
CT
Case
Intrathecal Lipiodol

Diagnosis certain
Published 06 Jul 2018
95% complete
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Case
Sickle cell disease with osseous changes and splenomegaly

Diagnosis certain
Published 19 Aug 2016
95% complete
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Intramedullary metastasis from lung cancer

Diagnosis certain
Published 06 May 2017
95% complete
MRICT
Case
Forestier disease (DISH)

Diagnosis certain
Published 01 Mar 2012
95% complete
CT
Case
Skull base metastasis - tongue swelling

Diagnosis certain
Published 27 Dec 2020
95% complete
MRICT
Case
Vertebral segmentation defects

Diagnosis certain
Published 06 May 2021
95% complete
X-rayCT
Case
Cervical spine fracture with dislocation and locked facets

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Oct 2021
95% complete
CT
Case
Sacral chordoma

Diagnosis certain
Published 18 Feb 2022
95% complete
CTMRI
Case
Cervical spine fracture - chalk stick

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Aug 2015
95% complete
CT
Case
Accessory ossicle of the anterior arch of C1 vertebra

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Feb 2018
95% complete
CT
Case
Cervical spine floating lateral mass fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 11 Feb 2022
95% complete
MRICT
Case
Chance fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 28 Apr 2015
95% complete
CTX-ray
Case
Occipital condyle fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 02 Dec 2019
95% complete
CT
Case
Cervical spine trauma with tear drop fracture and perched facet joint

Diagnosis certain
Published 13 Jul 2017
95% complete
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C1-C2 "subluxation" - normal cervical anatomy at maximum head rotation

Diagnosis certain
Published 23 Jan 2016
95% complete
CT
Case
Bulging of paraspinal line in traumatic thoracal spinal compression fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 25 Feb 2015
95% complete
Annotated imageCTX-ray
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Unfused anterior and posterior arches of C1

Diagnosis certain
Published 17 Mar 2018
95% complete
CT
Case
Lumbar canal meningioma of the filum

Diagnosis certain
Published 16 Oct 2017
95% complete
PathologyMRICT
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Congenital anomaly of the atlas: Currarino type C

Diagnosis certain
Published 25 Oct 2016
95% complete
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