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MR imaging was performed on a patient with syphilitic myelitis. T2-weighted images showed high intensity areas in the thoracic spinal cord. On T1-weighted images after gadolinium-DTPA injection, heterogeneous enhancement was observed in the superficial portion of the spinal cord. The intramedullary high intensity areas on T2-weighted images disappeared after antibiotic therapy.
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Nabatame, H., Nakamura, K., Matuda, M. et al. MRI of syphilitic myelitis. Neuroradiology 34, 105–106 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00588152
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00588152