GD-DTPA-enhanced MR imaging of injured spinal cord

We retrospectively reviewed 15 gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging examinations of the cervical spine in eight patients who had spinal cord injury. Enhancement was demonstrated at the periphery of the intramedullary lesion in three patients at 1 to 14 weeks after injury. The enhancement m...

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Published in:Clinical imaging 1997-03, Vol.21 (2), p.82-89
Main Authors: Terae, Satoshi, Takahashi, Chihiro, Abe, Satoru, Kikuchi, Yoichi, Miyasaka, Kazuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Contrast Media
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Gadolinium
Gadolinium DTPA
Gadolinium-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid
Humans
Image Enhancement
Injections, Intravenous
Injuries of the nervous system and the skull. Diseases due to physical agents
Magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Organometallic Compounds
Pentetic Acid - analogs & derivatives
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Spinal cord
Spinal Cord - pathology
Spinal Cord Injuries - diagnosis
Spinal cord injury
Trauma
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
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Summary:We retrospectively reviewed 15 gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging examinations of the cervical spine in eight patients who had spinal cord injury. Enhancement was demonstrated at the periphery of the intramedullary lesion in three patients at 1 to 14 weeks after injury. The enhancement might reflect vascularized granulation in a reparative phase. Spinal cord injury should be considered in the differential diagnosis of enhanced intramedullary spinal cord lesions.
ISSN:0899-7071
1873-4499
DOI:10.1016/0899-7071(95)00096-8