Patients | Age/Sex | Pathomechanism | Presentation | Neuro imaging: MRI | Treatment | Outcome/ follow up |
N˚ 1 | 14 years/male | fall from a tree 3.5 m height reception on the frontal head | Incomplete Tetraplegia/(2/5 of cotation) Sensible level at T2 Abolition of deep tendon reflex | spinal cord contusion extended from C3 to C6 (Figure 1) | conservative | 1 year and a month later Able to move hands and feet Eating himself |
N˚ 2 | 23 years/female | forward roll during sport hyperflexion-compression | neck pain a complete tetraplegia No sensitive disorders | spinal cord contusion extending from C2 to C6 (Figure 2) | conservative | 1 year and 6 months later Able to move his members Gluteal pressure ulcers Assistance for meal |
N˚ 3 | 47 years/male | car driver, hit from behind by a truck Whiplash. | right brachial monoplegia | syringomyelia (Figure 3) | conservative | Full recovery 5 month later |
N˚ 4 | 43 years/male | victim of a car crash Whiplash. | complete tetraplegia difficulties to breathe sensory level at C7 | spinal cord contusion extending from C5 to C6 (Figure 4) | conservative | He passed away three days after |