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(a) Preoperative sagittal T2-WI MRI showing stenosis of the cervical spine. (b) Sagittal T1-WI MRI reveling a syringomyelia as a central spinal cord hyporintensity extended from C1 to T3
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The cervical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on T2-weighted studies showed circumferential spondylotic (cervical spondylosis and osteophytes, and posteriorly by ligament flavum hypertrophy) compression at the C3/C4, C4/C5, and C5/C6 levels [Figure 1a]. MRI on T1-WI has also revealed a cervicothoracic syringomyelia extending from C1 to T3 [Figure 1b].
T1 WI MRI at 6 months postoperative showing resolution of the syrinx
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The MRI obtained six months postoperatively showed complete regression of the prior syrinx [Figure 2].