Change: trauma (although increasingly displaced by CT imaging). The emphasis on clearing'clearing' the cervical spine in major trauma patients reflects the importance of not missing cervical spine injuries. This page lookconsiders at soft tissue signs of cervical spine trauma. The retropharyngeal/preveretebral soft tissues can   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 518)

Change: larynxStylohyoid Ligament Calcification The arrowed bony structure is calcification of the stylohyoid ligament. In florid cases this calcification can involve all of the stylohyoid ligament bilaterally. Extensive calcification of the stylohyoid ligament is associated with Eagle Syndrome. Case 1 insert ...back imageto here the Applied Radiography home page   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 440)

Change:  Radiographers use various techniques to avoid this appearance including exposing on inspiration and asking the patient to breathing through an open mouth at the time of exposure (try swallowing while breathing through an open mouth). Alternatively, asking the patient not to swallow at the time of exposure can be effective.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 441)

Change: C!C1 and C2 appear abnormally wide. This appearance is associated with the patient swallowing rather than any cervical injury. The Cervical Pseudo-bone Tumour I was asked to repeat this AP cervical spine view by the referring doctor because of an apparent destructive bony process (arrowed). The   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 381)

Change: of the larynx Stylohyoid Ligament Calcification insert image here The arrowed bony structure is calcification of the stylohyoid ligament. In florid cases this calcification can involve all of the stylohyoid ligament bilaterally. Extensive calcification of the stylohyoid ligament is associated with Eagle Syndrome. Case 1 insert image here   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 380)

Change: This is an adult patientarrowed whobony wasstructure probablyis imagedcalcification midof swallow.the Thestylohyoid brevertebralligament. softIn tissuesflorid associoatedcases withthis C!calcification andcan C2involve appearall abnormallyof wide.the Thisstylohyoid appearanceligament isbilaterally. asscociatedExtensive   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 375)

Change: any cervical injury. The Cervical Pseudo-bone Tumour I was was asked to repeat this AP cervical spine view by the referring doctor because of an apparent destructive bony process (arrowed).The repeat image suggests that this is overlying air, probably in the pyriform fossa of the larynx   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 335)

Change: are shown to be normal (arrows) Swallowing Artifact 2 This is an adult patient who was probably imaged mid swallow. The brevertebral soft tissues associoated with C! and C2 appear abnormally wide. This appearance is asscociated with the patient swallowing rather than any cervical injury.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 291)

Change:  Assessment of the upper cervical prevertebrtal soft tissues is not possible in this image. The patient is likely to have been swallowing at the time of exposure The view was repeated with the patient breathing ythrough an open mouth. The upper prevertebal soft tissues are shown to be normal (arrows)   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 250)

Change: The prevertebral soft tissue sat C6 should measure less than 22mm . An alternative assessment is to compare the width of the adjacent cervical vertebral body. The prevertebral measurement should not be greater than the width of the vetebral body. These criteria are guides only.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 174)