A Case of Herpes Zoster Myelitis
Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
; : 272-277, 1988.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Herpes zoster myelitis is quite rare and it's MRI findings have not been reported. We report a patient who developed a progressive myelopathy after a characteristic herpes zoster skin lesions involving right C3 and C4 dermatomes. The lesions were recognizable in T1-weighted images of MRI as hypointense areas in the central portion of the long segment of the spinal cord, which became more prominent in T2-weighted image as increased signal intensities. In this patient computed tomographic metrizamide myelography (CTMM) showed no detectable intra or extramedullary lesion except a slight bulging of the cervical cord.
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Main subject:
Skin
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Spinal Cord
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Spinal Cord Diseases
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Myelography
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Herpes Zoster
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Metrizamide
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Myelitis
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
Year:
1988
Document type:
Article