Vertebral body infarct and ventral cauda equina enhancement: two confirmatory findings of acute spinal cord infarct

Felix E Diehn; Christopher H Hunt; Vance T Lehman; Kara M Schwartz; Laurence J Eckel; David F Black; Christopher P Wood; Amy L Kotsenas; John T Wald; Sara E Hocker

doi:10.1111/jon.12058

Vertebral body infarct and ventral cauda equina enhancement: two confirmatory findings of acute spinal cord infarct

J Neuroimaging. 2015 Jan-Feb;25(1):133-5. doi: 10.1111/jon.12058. Epub 2013 Oct 10.

Authors

Felix E Diehn¹, Christopher H Hunt, Vance T Lehman, Kara M Schwartz, Laurence J Eckel, David F Black, Christopher P Wood, Amy L Kotsenas, John T Wald, Sara E Hocker

Affiliation

¹ Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

PMID: 24118402
DOI: 10.1111/jon.12058

Abstract

Two valuable confirmatory MRI findings of acute spinal cord infarct are highlighted and discussed: concomitant vertebral body infarct and ventral cauda equina nerve root enhancement.

Keywords: SCI; Spinal cord infarct; cauda equina enhancement; vertebral body infarct.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cauda Equina / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Infarction / pathology*
Male
Polyradiculopathy / pathology*
Spinal Cord / blood supply*
Spinal Cord / pathology*
Spine / blood supply*
Spine / pathology*
Young Adult