title: Spinal cord infarction: MRI and MEP findings in three cases.
abstract: We report findings of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in three patients with spinal cord ischemia. While myelography was normal in all three patients, MRI found pathological signal increase on the T2-weighted images in each case. Signal changes in T1-weighted images of hemorrhagic infarction were seen in one patient, and gadolinium-DTPA enhancement because of a disturbed blood-tissue barrier was noted in another. Motor evoked potentials after transcortical magnetic stimulation showed normal latencies with very low amplitudes as a sign of axonal loss in ischemia of the spinal cord.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Fakultät für Klinische Medizin Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, West Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Berlit
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Klötzsch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Röther
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Assmus
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daffertshofer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D009192:Myelography; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*