VARICELLA-ZOSTER VIRUS MYELITIS - SERIAL MR FINDINGS

The authors describe a 32-year-old male in whom herpes tester of the l eft upper extremity was complicated by the development of cervical mye litis. Contrast enhancement and abnormal signal intensity on T-1 and T -2 weighted images was seen at C1-C6 levels in the spinal cord and med ulla. There was also slight enlargement of the cord at these levels. O n serial MR imaging, the degree of enhancement changed from marked to none with corresponding clinical improvement.