title: MRI appearances of the CNS manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae: a report of two cases.
abstract: Two patients are reported with Mycoplasma pneumoniae-related cervical myelitis. Magnetic resonance imaging in each case demonstrated clinically silent lesions suggesting more extensive neurological involvement. This supports the concept of widespread immunologically mediated disease occurring as a remote effect of initial M. pneumoniae respiratory infection. Differences from the MRI appearances of a patient with mycoplasma-related Guillian-Barré syndrome imply that more than one antigenic determinant is involved.
authors.affiliation: National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London, UK.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Wiles
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Leigh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology