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. 2011 Apr;14(2):138-9.
doi: 10.4103/0972-2327.82815.

Role of dynamic MRI study in Hirayama disease

Anit Parihar  1 , Navdeep Khurana, Pallavi Aga, Ragini Singh, Ravindra Kumar Garg
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Role of dynamic MRI study in Hirayama disease

Anit Parihar et al. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2011 Apr.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
(a) Axial T2 weighted MRI in neutral position shows asymmetric cord atrophy with nearly 100% loss of attachment of dura from subjacent lamina on left side (arrow). (b) Sagittal T2 weighted MRI in neutral position show cord atrophy in lower cervical cord. (c) Dynamic flexion noncontrast T1 weighted sagittal MRI illustrates the characteristic anteriorly displaced cervical cord, flattened against vertebra with loss of subarachnoid space. Passive crescent shaped epidural venous congestion seen with prominent flow voids (arrow)
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