RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Gadolinium Enhancement of Cauda Equina: A New MR Imaging Finding in the Radiculitic Form of Tick-Borne Encephalitis
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 995
OP 997
VO 27
IS 5
A1 S. Marjelund
A1 A. Jaaskelainen
A1 T. Tikkakoski
A1 S. Tuisku
A1 O. Vapalahti
YR 2006
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/5/995.abstract
AB SUMMARY: Tick-borne encephalitis virus is an important human pathogen in Europe. The infection usually presents as meningitis, meningoencephalitis, or meningoencephalomyelitis and only rarely as symptoms of isolated myeloradiculitis. We describe the lumbar MR imaging finding in a 48-year-old man with serologically confirmed tick-borne encephalitis in which there was enhancement of the ventral surface of the conus and the anterior nerve roots from the T12 level extending along the length of the ventral cauda.