Spinal Cord Infarction in a Patient with Hereditary Spherocytosis: A Case Report and Discussion

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(a) Sagittal T1 weighted FSE image shows superior extension of the spinal cord swelling and abnormal decreased signal intensity centrally (between the white arrows). Note normal signal intensity of the osseous vertebral segments. (b) Sagittal T2 weighted FSE image shows superior extension of the spinal cord swelling and abnormal increased signal intensity centrally (between the white arrows) which now extends to the level of the obex. Note normal signal intensity of the osseous vertebral segments. (c) Sagittal postcontrast T1 weighted FSE image shows patchy enhancement within the central portions of the spinal cord (between the white arrows). (d) Axial postcontrast T1 weighted FSE image at the C4 level shows patchy enhancement confined to the central gray matter of the spinal cord, indicated by the white arrows (more prominent on the viewers right).

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