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Other Cervical Fractures Flashcards

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What is the most common overall injury to the axial skeleton?

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Compression fractures

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What mechanism usually causes compression fractures?

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Hyperflexion

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What body changes do we see with a compression fracture?

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Decreased anterior 1-2/3 body height with preservation of posterior body height

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Which endplate is usually affected by a compression fracture?

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Superior endplate (depression)

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Are compression fractures considered stable or unstable?

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Stable until body is reduced by over 40% or more (then unstable)

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What are the 3 most common causes of a pathological compression fracture?

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1 osteoporosis 2 lytic metastasis 3 multiple myeloma

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A present zone of impaction and/or step defect is indicative of a new or old compression fracture?

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NEW

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How can an MRI help figure out if a compression fracture is new or old?

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Presence of marrow edema = new fracture

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How can we tell a step defect from a limbus?

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Step defects are displaced from the anterior margin

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What happens to step defects after the healing process?

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Round out and disappear

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What type of force usually causes a burst fracture?

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Axial compression

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Which version of a teardrop fracture causes the most neurologic deficit?

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Flexion teardrop

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What is the major patient complaint seen with unilateral facet dislocation?

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Inability to look to one side

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Which mechanism is responsible for unilateral facet dislocation?

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Flexion rotation

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What specific anatomy is dislocated with a unilateral facet dislocation?

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Interior articular process dislocates into IVF

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What type of body displacement can be seen with a unilateral facet dislocation, and on which X-ray view can this be seen?

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Anterior body displacement (25%), lateral X-ray

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What X-ray sign is associated with a unilateral facet dislocation due to the fact that the articular pillars are not superimposed upon each other?

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“Bow-tie” sign

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What area of the vertebrae experience decreased length that can be seen on a lateral film with a unilateral facet dislocation?

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Laminae (at segment level and up)

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What direction of spinous rotation can be seen on the AP view with a unilateral facet dislocation?

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Rotation toward side of dislocation

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What X-ray view confirms a unilateral facet dislocation?

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Obliques (to see IVF)

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What CT sign can be seen with a unilateral facet dislocation?

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Inverted hamburger sign

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Inverted hamburger sign is associated with what condition and can be seen on what type of imaging?

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Unilateral facet dislocation; CT

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Are neurological deficits more common with unilateral or bilateral facet dislocations?

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Bilateral (high incidence)

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What is the #1 worst injury to the cervical spine? #2?

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#1 = flexion teardrop
#2 = bilateral facet dislocation
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What mechanism causes bilateral facet dislocation injuries?
Hyperflexion
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What levels are most commonly associated with bilateral facet dislocation and why?
C4-C7 (areas of stress)
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How is the interspinous space affected by bilateral facet dislocation?
Increased
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What sign on CT can be seen with bilateral facet dislocation?
Bilateral inverted hamburger sign
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In which direction is the body likely to displace (50%) with bilateral facet dislocation?
Anteriorly
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What mechanism is responsible for a flexion teardrop fracture?
Flexion
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What is the most common location for flexion teardrop fracture?
C4-C7
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What is the most common location for an extension teardrop fracture?
C2*/C3
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Buckling of which ligament is associated with extension teardrop fractures?
Ligamentum flavum
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What age population is likely to have extension teardrop fractures and why?
Elderly: falling due to orthostatic hypotension
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Which is located higher in the spine: flexion or extension teardrop fractures? Lower?
``` Higher = extension Lower = flexion ```
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What is another name for a Clay Shoveler's fracture?
Root puller's fracture
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What are the usual locations for a clay shoveler's fracture?
C7, C6 and T1
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What general type of fracture is a clay shoveler's fracture?
Avulsion
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What causes a clay shoveler's fracture?
Muscles rip spinous off during hyperflexion
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What mechanism usually causes a clay shoveler's fracture?
Hyperflexion
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In what direction does the fragment involved with a clay shoveler's fracture usually displace?
Inferiorly
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The double spinous sign on X-ray is associated with which injury?
Clay shoveler's fracture
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What is the differential diagnosis for a clay shoveler's fracture?
Secondary ossification center on spinous
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What would it mean if the tip of a spinous on X-ray appears to be displaced but has smooth edges and cortex?
Probably just a failure to ossify (not fracture)
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On which X-ray view do we see the double spinous sign?
AP cervical
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In other areas of the spine besides the cervical region, what mechanism causes spinous fractures?
Extension (or direct trauma)
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What is a good way to differentiate clay shoveler's fractures from a simple spinous fracture that could be due to other causes?
Know the unique levels for clay shoveler's: C7, C6, and T1
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What is the mechanism of injury for laminar fractures?
Hyperextension
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What is the likely area for laminar fractures?
Lower cervicals
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What is a laminar buckle fracture?
"Fracture" that occurred on a mostly cartilaginous lamina that bent it instead of broke it (think peds)
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What is the usual location for a pillar fracture?
C4-C7
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What is the mechanism associated with pillar fractures?
Extension/compression
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Why are pillar fractures difficult to see on X-ray?
Pillar naturally diminish during transition into thoracics from cervicals.
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What types of fractures can occur via a lateral flexion mechanism?
Unilateral (or lateral mass of C1), transverse process, or uncinate process fracture
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Why are unilateral, lateral mass, transverse process, and uncinate process fractures rare?
Lateral flexion mechanism is uncommon
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Which mechanism of injury creates posterior ligament stress following whiplash? Anterior ligament stress?
``` Posterior = hyperflexion Anterior = hyperextension ```
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What causes the widened interspinous spaces seen with whiplash injury?
Disrupted ligaments

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