Vertebral Body Infarct and Ventral Cauda Equina Enhancement: Two Confirmatory Findings of Acute Spinal Cord Infarct

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 133-135

  Diehn, Felix E ^a   Hunt, Christopher H ^a   Lehman, Vance T ^a   Schwartz, Kara M ^a   Eckel, Laurence J ^a   Black, David F ^a   Wood, Christopher P ^a   Kotsenas, Amy L ^a   Wald, John T ^a   Hocker, Sara E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cauda equina enhancement; SCI; Spinal cord infarct; Vertebral body infarct

Indexed keywords

ACUTE SPINAL CORD INFARCT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VERTEBRAL BODY INFARCT; YOUNG ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFARCTION; PATHOLOGY; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; VASCULARIZATION;

CAUDA EQUINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MALE; POLYRADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920953150     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon.12058     Document Type: Article

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