Spinal cord infarction due to fibrocartilaginous embolization: The role of diffusion weighted imaging and short-tau inversion recovery sequences

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1024-1028

  Manara, Renzo ^a   Calderone, Milena ^a   Severino, Maria Savina ^a   Citton, Valentina ^a   Toldo, Irene ^b   Laverda, Anna Maria ^b   Sartori, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

acute back pain; diffusion weighted imaging; fibrocartilaginous embolization; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); spinal cord infarction

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FIBROCARTILOGINOUS EMBOLIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INFARCTION; SPINAL CORD VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FIBROCARTILAGE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA;

EID: 77954693870     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809355822     Document Type: Article

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