Editing Cervical fracture (section)

===Radiographic detection===
On [[CT scan]] or [[projectional radiography|X-ray]], a cervical fracture may be directly visualized. In addition, indirect signs of injury by the vertebral column are incongruities of the [[vertebral lines]],<ref name="RanigaMenon2014">{{cite journal | vauthors = Raniga SB, Menon V, Al Muzahmi KS, Butt S | title = MDCT of acute subaxial cervical spine trauma: a mechanism-based approach | journal = Insights into Imaging | volume = 5 | issue = 3 | pages = 321–338 | date = June 2014 | pmid = 24554380 | pmc = 4035495 | doi = 10.1007/s13244-014-0311-y }}</ref> and/or increased thickness of the [[prevertebral space]]:<ref name=Rojas2009>{{cite journal | vauthors = Rojas CA, Vermess D, Bertozzi JC, Whitlow J, Guidi C, Martinez CR | title = Normal thickness and appearance of the prevertebral soft tissues on multidetector CT | journal = AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology | volume = 30 | issue = 1 | pages = 136–141 | date = January 2009 | pmid = 19001541 | pmc = 7051716 | doi = 10.3174/ajnr.A1307 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

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File:X-ray of vertebral lines.jpg|[[Projectional radiography|X-ray]] of normal congruous [[vertebral lines]]
File:Vertebral lines.png|[[CT scan]] of normal congruous vertebral lines<ref name="RanigaMenon2014"/>
File:CT of prevertebral space.jpg|[[CT scan]] with upper limits of the thickness of the prevertebral space at different levels<ref name=Rojas2009/>
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