Decompression sickness: MRI of the spinal cord.
Decompression sickness (DCS) typically causes changes in the white matter of the spinal cord on MR imaging. We present a case of DCS in a scuba diver with dorsal white matter lesions typical of venous infarction. In addition, some central gray matter involvement was noted. Characteristic features of venous spinal cord infarction can be recognized on MR imaging in DCS but may be more extensive in severe cases.
Kei
Pin Lin
PL
Department of Neuroradiology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore.
Choong
Chew Thye
CT
Young
Timothy
T
Lee
Sze Haur
SH
Lim
C C Tchoyoson
CC
D000328:Adult; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy