Acutely unstable cervical spine injury with normal CT scan findings: MRI detects ligamentous injury.

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- MRI can detect ligamentous injury not detectable with CT scan. The authors present a trauma patient with normal CT imaging despite dislocation on standing radiograph. MRI detected disruption of the C5-C6 posterior ligamentous complex that requires surgery.

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