Erschienen in:
01.06.2013 | Correspondence
Subacute Combined Degeneration Revealed by Diffusion-Weighted Imaging
A Case Study
verfasst von:
E. Y. Kim, MD, S. Y. Lee, MD, S. H. Cha, MD, K. S. Yi, MD, B. S. Cho, MD, M. H. Kang, MD
Erschienen in:
Clinical Neuroradiology
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Ausgabe 2/2013
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Excerpt
Vitamin B
12 deficiency can lead to disorders of the brain, spinal cord, optic nerve, and peripheral nerves [
1]. The resulting myelopathy causes sensory disturbances, weakness and spasticity and is known as subacute combined degeneration (SCD) which is an uncommon cause of myelopathy but is the most frequent clinical manifestation of vitamin B
12 deficiency [
2,
3]. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of SCD have been reported in several studies with typical involvement of posterior and/or lateral columns. However, to the best of our knowledge no case has reported the findings of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). This article presents DWI findings along with conventional MRI findings in a patient with clinically diagnosed SCD of the spinal cord. …
