Spinal myelopathy resulting from decompression sickness: MR findings in a case and review of the literature.
This is a case report of diving related decompression sickness causing spinal cord symptoms and unique MR findings. The clinical and imaging manifestations are examined, while the pathophysiology of decompression sickness is reviewed. The variety of imaging findings from similar reported clinical cases have are also discussed.
University of Maryland Medical System, Department of Radiology, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. jam4@yahoo.com
John
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McCormac
Stuart E
SE
Mirvis
Cynthia
C
Cotta-Cumba
Kathirkamanathan
K
Shanmuganathan