title: [Imaging of the painful cervical spine].
abstract: Neck pain can occur in several circumstances: traumatic, spontaneous, associated or not with motion, with or without head or upper limb irradiations. Each case requires appropriate clinical examination and radiographs. CT and MRI can be used to obtain additional information. Myelography and arteriography are exceptionally used. Cervical discography and facet joint arthrography are used therapeutically. After a brief anatomical review, normal and pathological patterns will be reviewed using radiographs. Each circumstance is studied: traumatic, degenerative, inflammatory and tumoral. It is emphasized that discogenic cervico-brachial neuralgia usually has a favorable spontaneous outcome. A special chapter is dedicated to calcifying and ossifying diseases of the cervical spine. Cervico-occipital neuralgia is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie B, CHU Cochin, 27 rue Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75679 PARIS cedex 14. alian.chevrot@cch.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chevrot
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Drapé
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Godefroy
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Dupont
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000844:Ankylosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001168:Arthritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001175:Arthrography; D020968:Brachial Plexus Neuritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D003287:Contrast Media; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015576:Hyperostosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014986:Xeroradiography
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media