title: Pathology of spinal cord injuries due to fracture-dislocations of the thoracic and lumbar spine.
abstract: The pathology of intervertebral disc injuries, hyper-extension injuries and spinal cord injuries due to fracture-dislocations of the cervical spine has been reported previously. Between 1957 and 1987, autopsy was performed on 4 patients with fracture-dislocation of the thoracic spine and on one patient with that of the lumbar spine. This paper presents the results of a clinicopathologic study conducted on two patients with a fracture-dislocation of the thoracic spine and on one patient with that pathology of the lumbar spine. The methods employed in the present study are the same as those that were described in my previous report on the pathology of cervical inter-vertebral disc injuries.
authors.affiliation: Kosei Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*