Magnetic resonance imaging in cervical spinal cord compression

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Giovanni Giammona¹  Salvatore Giuffrida¹  Salvatore Greco¹  Casimiro Grassi¹  Francesco Le Pira¹ 

[1] ,University of Catania Institute of Clinical Neurology

关键词: magnetic resonance imaging;    cervical spondylotic myelopathy;    ressonância magnética;    mielopatia cervical espondilótica;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X1993000300022

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

In patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy MRI sometimes shows increased signal intensity zones on the T2-weighted images. It has been suggested that these findings carry prognostic significance. We studied 56 subjects with cervical spinal cord compression. Twelve patients showed an increased signal intensity (21.4%) and a prevalence of narrowing of the AP-diameter (62% vs 24%). Furthemore, in this group, there was evidence of a longer mean duration of the symptoms and, in most of the patients, of more serious clinical conditions. The importance of these predisposing factors remains, however, to be clarified since they are also present in some patients without the increased signal intensity.

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