MRI findings in a case of spinal cord Wallerian degeneration following trauma

MRI findings in a case of spinal cord Wallerian degeneration following trauma

W degeneration is a well-known entity which represents distal axonal degeneration and myelin disintegration following interruption of any axon from its cellular connection. It was first described by Weller in 1850 and is named after him.1 It is well described entity on imaging in brain but is less well described in spinal cord with only few reports in radiological literature and in post mortem ...

MRI finding of spinal cord injury with wallerian degeneration

MR-pathologic comparisons of wallerian degeneration in spinal cord injury.

PURPOSE To describe the MR manifestations and temporal course of wallerian degeneration that occurs above and below a spinal cord injury, and to compare the MR findings with postmortem histopathology. METHOD Twenty-four postmortem spinal cords from patients with cervical (n = 14), thoracic (n = 6), and lumbar (n = 4) cord injuries were studied with axial T1- and T2-weighted spin-echo MR imagi...

MRI findings in spinal cord penetrating injury: three case reports.

Stab wounds of the spinal canal are rare and constitute an uncommon cause of spinal cord injury. They are usually responsible for an immediate neurological deficit that requires emergency therapeutic management to minimize the extent of neurological deficit and to prevent further loss of neurological function. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used to evaluate damage to the spinal cord, inclu...

Anti-Inflammatory Effect of the Epigallocatechin Gallate Following Spinal Cord Trauma in Rat

Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) stimulates an inflammatory reaction that causes substantial secondary damage inside the injured spinal tissue. The purpose of this study was to determine the anti-inflammatory effects of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) on traumatized spinal cord. Methods: Rats were randomly divided into four groups of 12 rats each as follow: sham-operated group, trauma group...