title: [Imaging of pediatric spine injury].
abstract: Spine injuries in the pediatric population can lead to instability and subsequent neurological damage. Initial work up includes frontal and lateral cross-table spine radiographs, completed by CT and MRI when any doubt exists about possible injury. At the cervical level, injuries frequently involve the first three segments.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, 82, avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75674 Paris Cedex 14.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferey
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kalifa
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Adamsbaum
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed