MRI of the spine in cobalamin deficiency: the value of examining both spinal cord and bone marrow.
We observed a case of pernicious anaemia in which MRI of the spine demonstrated both intrinsic lesions of the spinal cord and abnormal signal in the bone marrow. The latter resolved with replacement therapy. Only partial recovery of the cord lesions was observed.
Duprez
T P
TP
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Gille
M
M
Vande Berg
B C
BC
Malghem
J
J
Grandin
C B
CB
Michel
P
P
Ghariani
S
S
Maldague
B E
BE
D000368:Aged; D000752:Anemia, Pernicious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D001855:Bone Marrow Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014806:Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D014805:Vitamin B 12