MRI in subacute combined degeneration.
We describe a patient with clear lesions in the spinal cord on MRI due to subacute combined degeneration. T2-weighted images clearly showed abnormal high signals in the posterior columns, which disappeared on recovery from the disease.
Murata
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Department of Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
Naritomi
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Sawada
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D000368:Aged; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009410:Nerve Degeneration; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014806:Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / Q000150:complications