Midbrain and spinal cord magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) changes in poliomyelitis.
Poliomyelitis, though eradicated from most parts of the world, continues to occur in India. There is paucity of data on the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) changes in poliomyelitis. We report a 3(1/2)-year-old boy who presented with subacute onset flaccid paralysis and altered sensorium. Stool culture was positive for wild polio virus type 3. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed signal changes in bilateral substantia nigra and anterior horns of the spinal cord. These MRI changes may be of potential diagnostic significance in a child with poliomyelitis.
Child Neurology Division, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Anita
A
Choudhary
Suvasini
S
Sharma
Naveen
N
Sankhyan
Sheffali
S
Gulati
Veena
V
Kalra
Bidisha
B
Banerjee
Atin
A
Kumar
D000870:Anterior Horn Cells / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D005334:Fever / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D010243:Paralysis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011054:Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D013995:Time
D011054:Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated