title: Idiopatic spinal cord herniation: a treatable cause of Brown-Séquard syndrome.
abstract: We report two cases of thoracic idiopathic spinal cord herniation (ISCH) focusing on the peculiar diagnostic and therapeutic issues posed by this rare disorder. In particular MR evaluation of CSF dynamic with a 2D PC cine-MR technique and demonstration of progressive cord herniation on consecutive MR examinations allowed insight on the differential diagnosis and pathophysiological mechanisms of ISCH.
authors.affiliation: Neuroradiology Unit, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cellerini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bayon
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scazzeri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mangiafico
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amantini
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Guizzardi
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Giordano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018437:Brown-Sequard Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*