title: Magnetic resonance imaging demonstration of a single lesion causing Wallerian degeneration in ascending and descending tracts in the spinal cord.
abstract: A magnetic resonance image of a 50-year-old man with a remote history of cervical spine injury showed focal myelomalacia at C5 and hyperintense areas on T2-weighted images laterally and posteriorly in the cord above and below C5. We believe these lesions to be due to Wallerian degeneration, with the cephalocaudal level of the Wallerian degeneration lesions dependant on the direction of the tracts relative to the C5 lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Hany
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kashani
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Farb
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kucharczyk
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications; D014855:Wallerian Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology