Retrospondyloptosis of the Spine Secondary to Nonaccidental Trauma

Figure 2

MRI of the spine with separation/avulsion of the T12 vertebral body from the T12 posterior elements. The T12 vertebral body appears to be rotated counterclockwise on axial image and displaced posteriorly into the bony spinal canal resulting in marked compression of the spinal cord along with signal abnormality in the spinal cord just inferior and superior to the compressed T12 segment.