Idiopathic spinal cord herniation: Value of MR phase-contrast imaging

Authors
Brugieres, P Malapert, D Adle-Biassette, H Fuerxer, F Djindjian, M Gaston, A
Citation
P. Brugieres et al., Idiopathic spinal cord herniation: Value of MR phase-contrast imaging, AM J NEUROR, 20(5), 1999, pp. 935-939
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology ,Nuclear Medicine & Imaging","Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY
ISSN journal
01956108 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
935 - 939
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6108(199905)20:5<935:ISCHVO>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We report two patients with an idiopathic transdural spinal cord herniation at the thoracic level. Phase-contrast MR imaging was helpful in showing an absence of CSF flow ventral to the herniated cord and a normal CSF flow pa ttern dorsal to the cord, which excluded a compressive posterior arachnoid cyst.