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The Self-Pith

D.W. Andersona and M. Dattaa

a From the Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Monash Medical Centre, Southern Health, Clayton, Melbourne, Australia


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  		Fig 1. Conventional film showing the position of the sewing needle. Frontal view confirms that the needle is midline.


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  		Fig 2. A and B, CT images confirming needle location with the tip appearing to pierce and traverse the cord in the midline posteriorly.


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  		Fig 3. A and B, Sagittal T2- and T1-weighted MR images showing cord edema on T2-weighted images, with appreciable minor T1-signal-intensity abnormality.


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  		Fig 4. A and B, Sagittal and axial gradient MR images showing a small focus of susceptibility within the cord, compatible with a small focus of cord hemorrhage.





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