ACR Neck pain

Question 1

when is radiography usually appropriate?

Answer 1

1 New or increasing nontraumatic, cervical or neck pain

3 Prior c spine surgery new or increasing nontraumatic, cervical or neck, pain or radiculopathy

7 Chronic cervical or neck pain

Question 2

Radiographs may not be the best choice for

Answer 2

variant 2

New or increasing nontraumatic cervical radiculopathy

Difficulty visualizing nerve root compression

High percentage of asymptomatic patients will have findings of degeneration

Question 3

most common sites of spinal fracture’s

Answer 3

C1-C2
C5-C7
T9-L2

Question 4

aBC’s for cervical spine
A and B

Answer 4

A- vertical column, sp, pedicles aligned, patent disk space is, vertebra semetry

B- bone density, pedicles, appreciate, overlying structures versus pathological processes

Question 5

aBC’s C and S

Answer 5

C- intravertebral spaces, S piece, approximately equal distance apart

S- let radiologist comment on soft tissues