Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality (SCIWORA) in an adult

Year 2016, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 122 - 125, 06.04.2016

Vural Hamzaoglu , Tevfik Yılmaz Ulaş Çıkla Hakan Özalp

https://doi.org/10.16899/ctd.15027

Abstract

ABSTRACT:

Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality defines the clinical symptoms of traumatic myelopathy with no radiographic or computed tomographic features of spinal fracture or instability. This condition mostly affects the children below 8-years old and a rare phenomenon in adults. We aimed to report an adult patient with spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality after a heavy fall of truck holder to his head and neck regions.

 

Keywords

SCIWORA; Spinal cord injury; traumatic myelopathy

Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality (SCIWORA) in an adult

Abstract

et Radyografik anormalliğin eşlik etmediği spinal kord hasarı; radyografik olarak veya bilgisayarlı tomografide omurga kırığı ya da instabilitesinin saptanmadığı travmatik myelopatiyi tarif etmektedir. Bu durum çoğunlukla 8 yaş altı çocukları etkilemekte, erişkinde ise nadiren görülmektedir. Biz de baş ve boyun bölgesine kamyon kasası çarpması sonrası radyografik anormalliğin eşlik etmediği spinal kord hasarı bulguları gösteren erişkin hastanın sunumunu amaçladık

Keywords

SCIWORA, spinal kord hasarı, travmatik myelopati

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