A Case of Atopic Myelitis with Cervical Cavernous Angioma

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MRI images of atopic myelitis. (a) Cavernous angioma, which exhibits low intensity signal around the ventral side of the spinal cord at C6 vertebral level, is seen on T2WI (arrowhead). An intramedullary high-signal intensity area is found on the thoracic spinal cord at T1 vertebral level (arrow). (b) Axial image at T1 vertebral level on T2WI. An intramedullary change in signal intensity is observed on both sides of the spinal cord and around the dorsal side of the spinal cord. (c) A new intramedullary high-signal intensity area on T2WI is found on the dorsal side of the cervical spinal cord at C3 vertebral level (arrow). (d) Axial image at C3 vertebral level on T2WI. The lesion is locally observed on the left posterior funiculus.

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