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Anatomy
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Neck pain + Neurologic Signs / Symptoms
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Imaging / Diagnostics
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List of Cervical Diagnoses
Organized based on anatomy and / or diagnosis type.
1. Intervertebral Disc Disorders
Minor
Annular Tear
Disc Bulge
2. Facet Joint Disorders
Major
Minor
Facet Effusion
Facet Fracture
Facet Hypertrophy
Facet Instability
Facet Syndrome
3. Spinal Instability Disorders
Minor
Atlantoaxial Instability (C1-C2)
Cervical Retrolisthesis
Cervical Spondylolisthesis
Degenerative Cervical Instability
Dynamic Cervical Instability
Occipitocervical Instability
Traumatic Cervical Instability
4. Spinal Canal & Nerve Compression Disorders
Major
Minor
Cervical Foraminal Stenosis
Cervical Lateral Recess Stenosis
Cervical Nerve Root Compression
Cervical Spinal Cord Compression
Cervical Radiculopathy
Cervical Myelopathy
Cervical Myeloradiculopathy
Central Cord Syndrome
5. Vertebral Disorders
Minor
Cervical Osteophytes
Cervical Spondylosis
Cervical Vertebral Bone Lesions
Cervical Vertebral Hemangioma
Postoperative Cervical Vertebral Disorders
6. Spinal Deformity Disorders
Major
Minor
Cervical hyperlordosis
Cervical kyphosis
Cervical sagittal imbalance
Cervical scoliosis
Cervicothoracic deformity
Chin-on-chest deformity
Congenital cervical deformity
Neuromuscular cervical deformity
Post-fusion cervical deformity
Post-laminectomy cervical deformity
7. Spinal Cord, Nerve Root & Dural Disorders
Minor
Cervical Arachnoid Cyst
Cervical Meningeal and Perineural Cysts
Cervical Myelomalacia
Cervical Nerve Root Injury
Cervical Nerve Root Avulsion
Cervical Pseudomeningocele
Cervical Spinal Cord Edema
Cervical Syringomyelia
Intradural and Extradural Disorders
8. Cranio-cervical Junction Disorders
Major
Minor
- Basilar invagination
- Basilar impression
- Atlantoaxial instability
- Atlantoaxial subluxation
- Occipitocervical instability
- Atlas assimilation
- Os odontoideum
- Odontoid abnormalities
- Platybasia
- Cranial settling
- Retro-odontoid pseudotumor
- Craniocervical junction tumors
- Craniocervical junction infection
9. Spinal Infections
Topics are identical for cervical, thoracic, and lumbosacral sections
Minor
Facet Joint Infection
Paraspinal Infection
10. Congenital Disorders
Topics are identical for cervical, thoracic, and lumbosacral sections
Major
Minor
Congenital Cervical Instability
Congenital Kyphosis
Congenital Scoliosis
Dermal Sinus Tract
Diastematomyelia
Hemivertebra
Klippel-Feil Syndrome
Lipomyelomeningocele
Myelomeningocele
Neurenteric Cyst
Sacral Agenesis
Spina Bifida Occulta
Tethered Cord Syndrome