Nabatame H, Nakamura K, Matuda M, Fujimoto N, Dodo Y, Imura T. MRI of syphilitic myelitis.
Neuroradiology 1992;
34:105-6. [PMID:
1603304 DOI:
10.1007/bf00588152]
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Abstract
MR imaging was performed on a patient with syphilitic myelitis. T2-weighted images showed high intensity areas in the thoracic spinal cord. On T1-weighted images after gadolinium-DTPA injection, heterogeneous enhancement was observed in the superficial portion of the spinal cord. The intramedullary high intensity areas on T2-weighted images disappeared after antibiotic therapy.
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