Central protrusions of the intervertebral discs at the C2-C7 level exerting pressure on the spinal cord and narrowing the spinal canal in the anterior-posterior diameter. (a) Lysthesis at C2 and C3 on the cervical magnetic resonance imaging, intensity changes due to flexion-distraction type opened and closed fracture of the C3 and a teardrop fracture, (b) CT images of the same levels. (c) Compression fractures of the vertebral corpus of T3 and T11, and possible degenerative changes on T1, T2 and T5 on MRI, (d) CT image of the same level.

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... the diffusion MRI of the patient, whose CT had been unremarkable and vascular pathologies were ruled out according to radiology reports (1st and 2nd Radiologists), an acute cerebral infarct ( Figure 1) in the parieto-tempero-occipital region was prominent. In the spinal MRI (2nd Radiologist) central protrusions of the intervertebral discs along C2-C7 were exerting pressure on the spinal cord and a narrowing of the antero-posterior diameter of the spinal canal was present; there was edema secondary to contusions on the C2-C3, C3-C4 levels ( Figure Efeoglu 2a, b); there were compression fractures of the T1-T2-T3-T5- T11 vertebral corpus, along with left paracentral protrusions causing compression of the anterior subarachnoid space of the intervertebral discs at the T7-T8 level (Figure 2c, d). The patient was consulted to the Neurology and Neurosurgery Departments, and was admitted by the Neurosurgery De- partment. ...

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... 2nd Radiologist was an ex- perienced faculty member tasked with routine reporting at the hospital where the case presented, and the 3rd Radiolo- gist was a physician with 10 years of academic experience working in a different city (TA), who was invited to review images blindly upon the preparation of this article. Both ra- diologists had the same opinion that central protrusions of the intervertebral discs exerting pressure on the spinal cord along C2-C7, edema/bleeding was prominent at C2-C3, C3- C4 levels secondary to contusion, and apparent compres- sion fractures of T3 and T11 along with the degeneration of T1, T2 and T5 (Figure 2a-d). Additionally, in the evaluation carried out by the 3rd Radiologist, minimally displaced flex- ion-distraction type fracture from the frontal section of the lower plateau of the C3 vertebra corpus towards the upper- mid section, with a tear drop fracture, a minimal retrolisthe- sis of the C3 according to C4, along with Modic type 2 bone marrow signal intensity changes consistent with degen- eration of the T1, T3 and T5 vertebra corpuses and Schmorl nodule indentations were noted. ...