title: MRI of cervical spinal cord infarction in a patient with sickle cell disease.
abstract: We report a patient with sickle cell disease who developed spinal cord ischemia. Initial conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was unremarkable, but diffusion-weighted imaging showed restricted diffusion in the cervical spinal cord. Follow-up MRI performed 3 days later showed development of findings on conventional images that confirmed the infarction.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA. marquezj@email.unc.edu
authors.forename: Juan Camilo
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Márquez
authors.forename: Ana María
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Granados
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020760:Spinal Cord Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D055815:Young Adult