Late-onset cauda equina contrast enhancement: A rare magnetic resonance imaging finding in subacute spinal cord infarction

Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3065-3066

  Pravatà, Emanuele ^a   Cereda, Carlo ^a   Gabutti, Alejandro ^a   Distefano, Daniela ^a   Cianfoni, Alessandro ^a  

^a REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONUS MEDULLARIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFARCTION; LEG PAIN; MICROVASCULARIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL ROOT; SUBACUTE SPINAL CORD INFARCTION; SWELLING; URINE RETENTION; VERTEBRA BODY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD; VASCULARIZATION;

CAUDA EQUINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84918797689     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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