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Case Reports
. 2020 Aug;267(8):2196-2197.
doi: 10.1007/s00415-020-09934-w. Epub 2020 May 26.

Acute transverse myelitis after COVID-19 pneumonia

Maike Munz #  1 , Swen Wessendorf #  2 , Georgios Koretsis  1 , Friedemann Tewald  3 , Reem Baegi  4 , Stefan Krämer  4 , Michael Geissler  2 , Matthias Reinhard  5
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Case Reports

Acute transverse myelitis after COVID-19 pneumonia

Maike Munz et al. J Neurol. 2020 Aug.
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Fig. 1
MRI of the spine. a Day 1 (admission). T2 weighted axial imaging shows central hyperintensity on Th9 level. b Day 1: Axial T1 weighted image on the same level showed no enhancement after gadolinium. c Day 6: T2 axial slice on level Th9 with hyperintense edema. d Day 6: Longitudinal view of upper thoracic spine shows central hyperintensity on level Th3 (arrow)
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