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A Cervical Spine Injury Secondary to a Motor-Vehicle Accident1

A thirty-nine-year-old woman was involved in a motor-vehicle accident and was found to be unresponsive at the scene. Her injuries included bilateral pulmonary contusions and a right temporal subarachnoid hematoma. A lateral cervical spine radiograph and a magnetic resonance imaging scan were performed (Fig. 1).


Fig. 1		 Fig. 1 Sagittal T2-weighted magnetic resonance image.

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What is the diagnosis?