Spinal MR imaging in Vitamin B12 deficiency: Case series; differential diagnosis of symmetrical posterior spinal cord lesions

We report three cases of Vitamin B12 deficiency with symmetrical posterior spinal cord lesions and discuss the differential diagnosis, some of which are not well known. Because the degree of resolution of the clinical symptoms in subacute combined degeneration depends on early detection, MRI finding...

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Autores principales: Sen, Anitha, Chandrasekhar, Kesavadas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3724087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956577
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.112487
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spelling pubmed-37240872013-08-16 Spinal MR imaging in Vitamin B12 deficiency: Case series; differential diagnosis of symmetrical posterior spinal cord lesions Sen, Anitha Chandrasekhar, Kesavadas Ann Indian Acad Neurol Case Report We report three cases of Vitamin B12 deficiency with symmetrical posterior spinal cord lesions and discuss the differential diagnosis, some of which are not well known. Because the degree of resolution of the clinical symptoms in subacute combined degeneration depends on early detection, MRI findings should not be missed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3724087/ /pubmed/23956577 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.112487 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Spinal MR imaging in Vitamin B12 deficiency: Case series; differential diagnosis of symmetrical posterior spinal cord lesions
title Spinal MR imaging in Vitamin B12 deficiency: Case series; differential diagnosis of symmetrical posterior spinal cord lesions
title_full Spinal MR imaging in Vitamin B12 deficiency: Case series; differential diagnosis of symmetrical posterior spinal cord lesions
title_fullStr Spinal MR imaging in Vitamin B12 deficiency: Case series; differential diagnosis of symmetrical posterior spinal cord lesions
title_full_unstemmed Spinal MR imaging in Vitamin B12 deficiency: Case series; differential diagnosis of symmetrical posterior spinal cord lesions
title_short Spinal MR imaging in Vitamin B12 deficiency: Case series; differential diagnosis of symmetrical posterior spinal cord lesions
title_sort spinal mr imaging in vitamin b12 deficiency: case series; differential diagnosis of symmetrical posterior spinal cord lesions
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3724087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956577
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.112487
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