Idiopathic spinal cord herniation: value of MR phase-contrast imaging.
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چکیده
We report two patients with an idiopathic transdural spinal cord herniation at the thoracic level. Phase-contrast MR imaging was helpful in showing an absence of CSF flow ventral to the herniated cord and a normal CSF flow pattern dorsal to the cord, which excluded a compressive posterior arachnoid cyst.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
دوره 20 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999