Uncovertebral joint injury in cervical facet dislocation: The headphones sign

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1312-1315

  Palmieri, Francesco ^a   Cassar Pullicino, Victor N ^a   Dell'Atti, Claudia ^a   Lalam, Radhesh K ^a   Tins, Bernhard J ^a   Tyrrell, Prudencia N M ^a   McCall, Iain W ^a  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT; Facet joint; MRI; Uncovertebral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BONE MALFORMATION; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 33744800831     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-0073-5     Document Type: Article

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