Lobster claw sign: a new sign depicting central cervical cord injury at or below that level

Abstract

Traumatic cervical central cord spinal injuries (CSS) are now more readily recognized both clinically and on radiolgical scans. In this article, we introduce a lobster claw sign due to a particular positioning of spinous process of C2 and C3 with cord contusion from C3-C5 following injury.

Keywords

• traumatic central cervical cord
• lobster claw sign