Spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality (SCIWORA). A diagnosis that is missed in unconscious children

EA Elgamal, S Elwatidy, AM Zakaria… - Neurosciences …, 2008 - nsj.org.sa
Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality (SCIWORA) usually occurs in the
hypermobile, immature cervical spine of young children. In a comatose child, a normal spine …

Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormalities

B Buldini, A Amigoni, R Faggin, AM Laverda - European journal of …, 2006 - Springer
Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality (SCIWORA) has a reported rate of
incidence varying from 19% to 34% of all spinal cord injuries in children. This acronym refers …

Spinal cord injuries without radiographic abnormality at two pediatric trauma centers in Ontario

T Trigylidas, SJ Yuh, M Vassilyadi, MA Matzinger… - Pediatric …, 2011 - karger.com
Background: Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality (SCIWORA) represents a
traumatic myelopathy, either transient or permanent, that is not associated with visible …

[PDF][PDF] Real Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality (SCIWORA) in Pediatrics: A Clinical Case Report and Literature Review

JM Goncalves, S Carvalho, AI Silva, J Pereira… - Cureus, 2023 - cureus.com
Spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality (SCIWORA) was first reported in 1974.
The term was used to define “clinical symptoms of traumatic myelopathy without signs of …

Spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality in an infant with delayed presentation of symptoms after a minor injury

SH Kim, SH Yoon, KH Cho, SH Kim - Spine, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. We present a very rare case of an infant with delayed presentation of spinal
cord injury without radiologic abnormality (SCIWORA) after a minor injury. Objective. To …

Failure of initial neurologic assessment for SCIWORA with brain injury in 22-month-old patient

KW Yoon - Journal of The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine, 2019 - jksem.org
Spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality (SCIWORA) is a unique concern in
pediatric spine injuries. The incidence of pediatric spinal injuries is relatively low, with …

Absence of MRI soft tissue abnormalities in severe spinal cord injury in children: case-based update

MM Mortazavi, NR Mariwalla, EM Horn, RS Tubbs… - Child's Nervous …, 2011 - Springer
Introduction Occult spinal cord injury should be suspected based not only on the mechanism
of trauma but also on the age of the patient. The pediatric spine has unique biomechanical …

Pediatric spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality in the era of advanced imaging

CA Farrell, M Hannon, LK Lee - Current opinion in pediatrics, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Although SCIWORA occurs infrequently, thus making robust research a challenge,
maintaining a high suspicion in the appropriate clinical setting ought to prompt acquisition of …

Spinal cord injury without radiologic abnormality in children imaged with magnetic resonance imaging

P Mahajan, DM Jaffe, CS Olsen… - Journal of Trauma …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND This study aimed to compare children diagnosed with cervical spinal cord
injury without radiographic abnormality (SCIWORA) relative to whether there is evidence of …

SCIWORA

J Isern Kebschull - Critical Findings in Neuroradiology, 2016 - Springer
Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality (SCIWORA) is a concept introduced to
define “clinical symptoms of traumatic myelopathy with no radiographic or computed …