İş, MerihKarataş, AyşeAkyüz, FevzullahGezen, Ferruh2020-04-302020-04-3020071019-5149https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/5048WOS: 000256792700016PubMed: 17935035The cervical spine is injured in approximately 3% of major trauma patients and 10% of patients with serious head injury We present a patient in whom an unstable cervical spine, without neurological deficit, resulting from a traffic accident was misdiagnosed as normal in the emergency room. Although cervical spine pain or tenderness and neurological deficit have a sensitivity of 93% for cervical spine injury, asymptomatic patients or patients with mild symptoms can have spine injury. All trauma patients with a complaint of mild neck pain require a standard three-view radiological evaluation of the cervical spine demonstrating all seven vertebrae and the top of first thoracic vertebra even if their neurologic examination is normal.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessspinecervical injuryradiographytraumaArticle172152154N/AN/A