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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of spine. (a) Sagittal T2-weighted image of the cervical and dorsal spine reveals poorly delineated long segment of hyperintense signal, clearly evident from T4 to T8. (b) Axial T2-weighted image showing the hyperintense signal involving more than two thirds of the cross-sectional area of the cord.
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A sagittal T2-weighted MRI image of the cervical and dorsal spine (Figures 1a,b) revealed a poorly delineated long segment of hyperintense signal extending from T4 to T8 involving the central region and occupying more than two-thirds of the cross-sectional area of the cord, consistent with transverse myelitis.
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MRI of the spine. (a) Sagittal T2-weighted image of the whole spine shows extensive long hyperintense signal extending from C5 to T7, associated with mild cord swelling. (b, c) Axial T2-weighted images at the cervical and dorsal levels, respectively, showing the hyperintense signal occupying the anterior two thirds of the cord, bilaterally (with involvement of both the gray and white matter).
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T7, and occupying the anterior two thirds of the cord with involvement of both gray and white matter. This was associated with mild swelling of the cord (Figures 2a-c). The possibility of anterior spinal artery occlusion was considered given the clinical presentation, laboratory, and MRI findings.