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Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Radiation‐Induced Myelopathy
Author(s) -
Keřkovský Miloš,
Zitterbartová Jana,
Pour Luděk,
ŠprlákováPuková Andrea,
Mechl Marek
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/jon.12187
Subject(s) - medicine , myelopathy , spinal cord , diffusion mri , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , complication , nuclear medicine , surgery , psychiatry
Radiation myelopathy (RM) is a rare complication of spinal cord irradiation. Diagnosis is based on the history of radiotherapy, laboratory tests, and magnetic resonance imaging of the spinal cord. The MRI findings may nevertheless be quite unspecific. In this paper, we describe the findings of diffusion tensor imaging in a case of the delayed form of RM. We observed areas of restricted diffusion within the spinal cord which probably corresponded to the ischemic changes. This would concur with the currently accepted pathogenetic theory concerning RM.