PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Adriana Campi
AU  - G. Benndorf
AU  - V. Martinelli
AU  - M. R. Terreni
AU  - G. Scotti
TI  - Spinal Cord Involvement in Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System: A Report of Two Cases
DP  - 2001 Mar 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 577--582
VI  - 22
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/22/3/577.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/22/3/577.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2001 Mar 01; 22
AB  - Summary: We report two patients with suspected primary angiitis of the CNS who underwent serial contrast-enhanced MR imaging of the spinal cord. MR abnormalities were multiple and enhancing, and located within the cervical and thoracic cord. Brain MR findings and brain biopsy specimens were positive for primary angiitis of the CNS. On follow-up MR studies, obtained after steroid and immunosuppressive therapy, a significant decrease in the number and size of the enhancing and nonenhancing abnormalities was observed, along with clinical improvement. Numerous small and enhancing abnormalities with a primarily posterior location, seen at the onset of the disease and resolved on follow-up studies, may be considered suggestive of a diagnosis of primary angiitis of the CNS.