"T1: intermediate signal intensity"
"T2: hyperintense"
"STIR/T2FS: hyperintense"
"The term transdiscal fracture is more often used in the setting of a rigid spine and then might be also called chalk or carrot stick fracture."
"anterior tension band injuries (AO type B3 injuries)"
"posterior tension band injuries (AO type B2 injuries)"
"translational injury (AO type C injuries)"
"Discoligamentous injuries usually require surgical management, especially those that are displaced (AO type C) as well as thoracolumbar hyperextension injuries (AO type B3) or in cases where neurological symptoms or a rigid spine is present 1."
"Discoligamentous injuries usually require surgical management, especially those that are displaced (AO type C) as well as thoracolumbar hyperextension injuries (AO type B3) or in cases where neurological symptoms or a rigid spine is present 1."
Expected headings
"Associations"
"Subtypes"
"Signal characteristics"
"Discoligamentous injuries are severe spinal injuries in which the intervertebral disc and the intervertebral ligamentous structures are involved. They include cervical, thoracic or lumbar anterior tension band injuries as well as translational injuries."
"vertebral malalignment and step-off phenomena with disruption of either the anterior, posterior vertebral, spinolaminar or posterior spinous lines"
"MRI allows better evaluation of the disc and soft tissue structures than CT and can show disruption or tears to the anterior longitudinal ligament, the posterior longitudinal ligament and/or the posterior ligamentous complex as well as disruption, tearing or herniation to the intervertebral disc. It can also show associated findings as e.g. prevertebral haematoma which might indicate the diagnosis or complications such as epidural haematoma 1. These features are usually best demonstrated in the sagittal plane on STIR or fat-saturated T2 weighted images 2,3."