TABLE 2:

MRI findings in eight patients with spinal cord schistosomiasis

Case	Site of Spinal Abnormality: Cord—Cauda Equina	Signal Pattern		Contrast Enhancement		Radicular
Case	Site of Spinal Abnormality: Cord—Cauda Equina	T1-Weighted SE	T2-Weighted SE	Intramedullary Nodular	Peripheral	Radicular
1	T12–L2	Isointense	Hyperintense	+	+ C	+
2	T12–L1	Isointense	Hyperintense	+	+ C	−
3	T12–L3	Isointense	Hyperintense	+	+ C	+
4	T11–T12	Isointense	Isointense	+	+ A, P	−
5	T9–L1	Isointense	Isointense	+	+ A	−
6	T12–L1	Iso-, hypointensities	Iso-, hypointensities	+	+ A	−
7	T11–T12	Isointense	Isointense	+	+ A	+
8	T10–L1	Iso-, hypointensities	Iso-, hypointensities	+	+ A	+

Note.—A indicates anterior; C, circumferential; L, lumbar; P, posterior; SE, spin echo; T, thoracic; +, present; −, absent.