X-ray of the cervical spine
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Author:
Mikael Häggström [notes 1]
Contents
Basic screening
- Obvious fractures?
- More than mild spondylosis? If detected, see X-ray of spondylosis of the cervical spine.
- Incongruencies?
Incongruencies
Check:
- Vertebral lines
- Distances between vertebrae, and between spinous processes
Incongruencies indicate mainly cervical fracture, spondylolisthesis or ligament injury.
Normal anatomy
Anteroposterior
Lateral
Odontoid
Diseases and presentations
Notes
- ↑ For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Radlines:Authorship for details.
