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J Comput Assist Tomogr · Jul 2002
Case ReportsDiffusion-weighted MRI of the cervical cord in acute spinal cord injury with type II odontoid fracture.
- Takao Sagiuchi, Shigekuni Tachibana, Masataka Endo, and Kazushige Hayakawa.
- Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kitasato, Japan. tsagi@abeam.ocm.ne.jp
- J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2002 Jul 1; 26 (4): 654-6.
AbstractThe authors present a case of acute spinal cord injury demonstrated by diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI) of the cervical cord. DWI taken 2 hours after injury showed intramedullary hyperintensity with a decrease of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value at C1-C2 vertebral levels. On T -weighted images obtained 1 month after injury, the lesion was hyperintense, indicating the existence of myelomalacia. DWI of the cervical cord provided satisfactory images and was a useful method for detecting and visualizing of the affected cord in the super-early stage.(2)
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