High signal in the spinal cord on T2-weighted images in rapidly progressive tropical spastic paraparesis.
We report a 59-year-old woman with human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type-I (HTLV-I) associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis who showed high signal in the cervical and thoracic spinal cord on T2-weighted and contrast enhancement on T1-weighted images.
Watanabe
M
M
Department of Neurology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
Yamashita
T
T
Hara
A
A
Murakami
T
T
Ando
Y
Y
Uyama
E
E
Mita
S
S
Uchino
M
M
D003287:Contrast Media; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000473:pathology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003287:Contrast Media