Spinal Cord Infarction

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Fig. 20.1 (a) Vascularization of the spinal cord. 1 Radiculomedullar artery (syn.: nervomedullar artery); 2 posterior radicular artery; 3 anterior radicular artery; 4 anterior spinal artery (ASA); 5 duplication of…

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Pathophysiological Regards

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Fig. 14.1 Topography of the corticospinal tract in the spinal cord. Whereas the majority of fibres cross at the level of the decussatio pyramidum, a smaller number of fibres run…

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Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors

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Cervical 30 % Cervicothoracic 25 % Thoracic 29 % Conus 15 % Table 18.2 Intramedullary tumors’ major characteristics Tumor type Incidence Presentation MRI appearance Treatment Outcome Ependymoma Most common intramedullary…

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Advanced MRI Methods

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Fig. 5.1 An example of high-resolution CE-MRA in a patient with a spinal dural arteriovenous fistula (SDAVF, more details are given in Chap. 19): a centromedullary edema with faint enhancement…

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Myelography and Post-myelographic CT

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Fig. 8.1 (a–f) Waist-like contrast medium filling defect at level L2/3 (a), accentuated in upright position (b) due to degenerative lumbar spinal canal stenosis (arrow) in a patient suffering from…

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Structures of the Spinal Canal

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Fig. 3.1 Lateral extensions of the dura, myelography with coronal and axial reformats (a, b) and axial T2w (c). The lateral extensions of the dura are the dural sleeves containing…

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CSF Dynamics

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Fig. 6.1 CSF flow study in a 31-year-old patient with normal findings. The gradient-echo image (b) contains anatomical information on static tissues (compare with the T2-weighted image a). The phase-contrast…

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Gray Matter Diseases of the Spinal Cord

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Fig. 17.1 T2-weighted transaxial (a) and coronal (b) imaging of the upper cervical spine shows marked atrophy, and there is extensive hyperintense gray matter signal. Note CSF flow artifact surrounding…

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Contrast-Enhanced MR Myelography

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Fig. 7.1 Young female with symptoms of spontaneous intracranial hypotension. Sagittal T1-weighted image with spectral fat suppression (a) after intrathecal application of contrast agent shows accumulation of CSF (bright) in…

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Introduction

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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015Elke Hattingen, Stefan Weidauer, Matthias Setzer, Johannes C. Klein and Frank Vrionis (eds.)Diseases of the Spinal Cord10.1007/978-3-642-54209-1_1 1. Introduction Friedhelm E. Zanella1  , Helmuth Steinmetz2   and Volker Seifert2   (1) Institute for Neuroradiology, Goethe-University, Schleusenweg 2-16, D-60528 Frankfurt, Germany (2) Department…

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