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MRI brain shows subtle but extensive areas of confluent increased T2 signal intensity throughout the periventricular and juxtacortical white matter. These changes extend along the corticospinal tracts through the midbrain, pons and ventral medulla.
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MRI brain showed increased T2 signal intensity throughout the periventricular and juxtacortical white matter extending along the corticospinal tracts in the brain stem (Figure 1).
Consecutive T1 and T2 sagittal sections of cervical spine show normal findings with no cord atrophy or signal changes.
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MRI of the cervical spine was normal, while imaging of the thoracic spine showed mild diffuse cord atrophy most apparent from T3 to T10 (Figures 2 and 3).
MRI thoracic spine T1 and T2 sagittal sections show mild diffuse cord atrophy most prominent from T3 to T10.
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MRI of the cervical spine was normal, while imaging of the thoracic spine showed mild diffuse cord atrophy most apparent from T3 to T10 (Figures 2 and 3).
Consecutive T2 sagittal sections of MRI lumbar spine show a small right paracentral disc protrusion at L5-S1.
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L5-S1 (Figure 4). Lumbar puncture was negative for syphilis, toxoplasmosis,