Herpes zoster myelitis: MR appearance

The author describes a 71-year-old woman in whom cutaneous cervical herpes zoster was complicated by the development of cervical myelitis. T2-weighted MR showed two focal areas of hyperintensity in the cervical cord and suggested a slight enlargement at C2-C3 and C7.

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Published inAmerican journal of neuroradiology : AJNR Vol. 13; no. 5; pp. 1404 - 1406
Main Author Friedman, DP
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oak Brook, IL Am Soc Neuroradiology 01.09.1992
American Society of Neuroradiology
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Biological and medical sciences
Case Reports
Female
Herpes Zoster
Humans
Infectious diseases
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medical sciences
Myelitis - diagnosis
Myelitis - microbiology
Neck
Viral diseases
Infection
Case study
Human
Myelitis
Nervous system diseases
Herpes zoster
Viral disease
Complication
Exploration
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
Spinal cord disease
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Summary:The author describes a 71-year-old woman in whom cutaneous cervical herpes zoster was complicated by the development of cervical myelitis. T2-weighted MR showed two focal areas of hyperintensity in the cervical cord and suggested a slight enlargement at C2-C3 and C7.
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ISSN:0195-6108
1936-959X