CERVICAL OBLIQUES Flashcards
IVF’s
Don’t look at anything else
Never occipitalization
PO marker will be
Behind the spine
AO marker will be
In front of spine
Cervicals
Opposite the posterior
AO
Same side IVF
PO
Opposite IVF
RAO
Right IVF
LAO
Left IVF
RPO
Left IVF
LPO
Right IVF
1st IVF seen on the film is
C2-3 IVF
First number is disc, second number is nerve
Boundaries of IVF
Anterior = bodies, uncinates Posterior = facets Superior/inferior = pedicles
Check size and shape
Smaller
Larger
IVF smaller
IVF encroachment, foraminal stenosis
Pinching from teh front = uncinate arthrosis - m/c
Pinching from posterior = facet arthrosis
Pinching from both sides = hourglass foramen - compression radicular +
IVF larger
Neurofibromatosis
Agenesis of pedicle
Neurofibroma
Expansile tumor of nerve root
Treated with surgery
Two IVF’s in one with posterior body scalloping
Dumb-bell shaped IVF
Neurofibroma
Associated with cafe au leit skin lesions and coast of CA appearance
Neurofibroma
Two pedicles in one with no posterior body scalloping
Agenesis of pedicle
VERY RARE TO SEE LYTIC METS IN CERVICAL
Multiple neurofibromas
Neurofibromatosis
Von Recklinghousen
Cafe au lai spots coast of maine appearance
Fibrous dysplasia
Coast of CA
Skin lesions torso
