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MR imaging of a severe cervical fracture-dislocation after traumatic delivery

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We present the acute MR findings in an infant with a complicated traumatic delivery, asphyxia, spinal cord injury, and a radiographically apparent cervical spine fracture-dislocation. MRI including diffusion-weighted imaging allowed early characterization and localization of the extent of spinal cord injury.

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Fordham, L., Bell, J., Chung, C. et al. MR imaging of a severe cervical fracture-dislocation after traumatic delivery. Emergency Radiology 6, 143–145 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s101400050040

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