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Neurology India
Medknow Publications on behalf of the Neurological Society of India
ISSN: 0028-3886
EISSN: 0028-3886
Vol. 56, No. 1, 2008, pp. 22-26
Bioline Code: ni08005
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge

Neurology India, Vol. 56, No. 1, 2008, pp. 22-26

 en Imaging features in Hirayama disease
Sonwalkar, Hemant A; Shah, Rakesh S; Khan, Firosh K; Gupta, Arun K; Bodhey, Narendra K; Vottath, Surjith & Purkayastha, Sukalyan

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the MR findings in clinically suspected cases of Hirayama disease.
Materials and Methods: The pre and post contrast neutral and flexion position cervical MR images of eight patients of clinically suspected Hirayama disease were evaluated for the following findings: localized lower cervical cord atrophy, asymmetric cord flattening, abnormal cervical curvature, loss of attachment between the posterior dural sac and subjacent lamina, anterior shifting of the posterior wall of the cervical dural canal and enhancing epidural component with flow voids. The distribution of the above features in our patient population was noted and correlated with their clinical presentation and electromyography findings.
Observations: Although lower cervical cord atrophy was noted in all eight cases of suspected Hirayama disease, the rest of the findings were variably distributed with asymmetric cord flattening, abnormal cervical curvature, anterior shifting of the posterior wall of the cervical dural canal and enhancing epidural component seen in six out of eight (75%) cases. An additional finding of thoracic extension of the enhancing epidural component was also noted in five out of eight cases.
Conclusion: Dynamic post contrast MRI evaluation of cervicothoracic spine is an accurate method for the diagnosis of Hirayama disease.

Keywords
Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging, Hirayama disease, monomelic amyotrophy

 
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