Preferred Label : lucent cleft sign;
Definition : Smooth, lucent cleft anterior to the vertebral body end-plate on an extension lateral
radiograph of the cervical spine. Suggests cervical disc injury or disease; gas fills
low-pressure space where disk avulses from end-plate.;
Source : Eisenberg, Ronald L. Atlas of Signs in Radiology.;
Origin ID : RID35353;
Associated condition(s)
Smooth, lucent cleft anterior to the vertebral body end-plate on an extension lateral
radiograph of the cervical spine. Suggests cervical disc injury or disease; gas fills
low-pressure space where disk avulses from end-plate.
