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. 2016 Jul 22;17:310. doi: 10.1186/s12891-016-1169-6

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Fig. 1 — Sagittal short tau inversion recovery (STIR) image (a) of a patient shows a cervical spine injury involving interspinous ligaments (arrows), suggesting a stable single column injury. Sagittal STIR image (b) of a different patient with a cervical spine injury demonstrates a complete posterior longitudinal ligament tear (short single arrow), ligamentum flavum tear (long single arrow), and ligamentum nuchae tear (short double arrows), suggesting two column involvement and unstable nature of the injury