Herpes zoster myelitis: MR appearance.
The author describes a 71-year-old woman in whom cutaneous cervical herpes zoster was complicated by the development of cervical myelitis. T2-weighted MR showed two focal areas of hyperintensity in the cervical cord and suggested a slight enlargement at C2-C3 and C7.
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Department of Radiology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009187:Myelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D009333:Neck