Magnetic resonance tractography exhibiting retrograde degeneration of the corticospinal tract in a patient with a unilateral spinal cord tumor.
Brain Behav
; 11(4): e02020, 2021 04.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Transection-induced axonal retrograde degeneration, in contrast to Wallerian degeneration, has not been widely recognized in clinical practice. AIMS OF THE STUDY To assess a potential of corticospinal tractography for detecting axonal retrograde degeneration.METHODS:
We assessed the corticospinal tractography of a 74-year-old woman with monoplegia of the lower limb due to a unilateral thoracic spinal cord tumor.RESULTS:
The tractography revealed integrity reduction of the corticospinal tract in the cerebra contralateral to the spinal cord tumor.CONCLUSIONS:
The present report supports that magnetic resonance tractography has the potential for detecting this under-recognized phenomenon.Palabras clave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Traumatismos de la Médula Espinal
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Neoplasias de la Médula Espinal
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Brain Behav
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón