Abstract

حوادث السيارات وإصابة الحبل الشوكي هي سبب شائع للحضور لأقسام الطوارئ. إذا كان هناك احتمالية تعرض الرأس والعنق للإصابة، يتم عادة عمل أشعة لفقرات العنق لاستبعاد كسر في العمود الفقري ولكن غالباً إذا كانت الإصابة خفيفة لا يصور باقي العمود الفقري شعاعيا. نعرض حالة مريض تعرض لإصابة خفيفة واضحة للعمود الفقري من غير وجود كسر في فقرات العنق وتبين إصابته لاحقا بكسر في الفقرات الصدرية للعمود الفقري. لم يتم عمل أشعة للفقرات الصدرية للعمود الفقري عند التقييم الأولى إلى أن ظهرت الأعراض بعد استقرار حالة المريض. وبالتالي أصيب المريض بشلل نصفي بسبب الضغط على الحبل الشوكي نتيجة كسر الفقرات الصدرية للعمود الفقري. Traumatic spinal cord injury due to motor vehicle accidents is the predominant reason for emergency room visits in central Saudi Arabia 1 and developed countries. 2 If head and neck trauma is suspected, then cervical spine imaging is commonly performed to rule out spinal fracture. 3 But in instances where there seems to be mild trauma, the remainder of the spine is not imaged. 3 The proceeding case is about a 45-year-old motor vehicle accident survivor with a history of ankylosing spondylitis. Initial clinical examination revealed an apparent mild traumatic spinal injury without a cervical-spine fracture. To the attending physicians, this finding did not warrant for a thorough neurological examination along with a full imaging scan. Radiography of the thoracic spine was not performed until it became clear that there were symptoms suddenly emerging after patient stabilization. By that time however, it was too late: an undisclosed thoracic spine fracture caused significant spinal cord compression, and this in turn led to complete paraplegia. We therefore emphasize that all trauma survivors of road traffic accidents undergo a comprehensive spinal cord scanning and assessment, regardless of the initial severity and symptomology of the injury.

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