title: MRI in subacute combined degeneration.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naritomi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sawada
mesh_terms: 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