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Spinal cord herniation: report of two cases and review of the literature

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Idiopathic herniation of the spinal cord is an extremely rare disorder which may cause progressive myelopathy. Two cases of this entity reported herein were both examined using MRI and CT myelography. The typical appearance of this disease with or without a dorsal intradural arachnoid cyst is focal ventral displacement of the mid-thoracic spinal cord, mimicking an isolated intradural spinal arachnoid cyst on MRI. CT myelography using thin slice sections is useful in the diagnosis of this disease.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Saga Medical School, Nabeshima-5–1–1, Saga 849, Japan, Japan

    A. Uchino, A. Kato & S. Kudo

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Saga Medical School, Nabeshima-5–1–1, Saga 849, Japan, Japan

    N. Momozaki

  3. Department of Neurology, Saga Medical School, Nabeshima-5–1–1, Saga 849, Japan, Japan

    M. Yukitake

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Received 14 August 1995; Revision received 30 January 1996; Accepted 4 June 1996

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Uchino, A., Kato, A., Momozaki, N. et al. Spinal cord herniation: report of two cases and review of the literature. Eur Radiol 7, 289–292 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050153

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