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. 2023 Sep;19(5):503-505.
doi: 10.3988/jcn.2023.0121.

Unusual Demyelinating Disease of the Central Nervous System Involving Bilateral Corticospinal Tracts Following COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report

Hyunjin Ju  1   2 , Young Hun Kim  1   2 , Jin Myoung Seok  3 , Byoung Joon Kim  1   4
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Unusual Demyelinating Disease of the Central Nervous System Involving Bilateral Corticospinal Tracts Following COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report

Hyunjin Ju et al. J Clin Neurol. 2023 Sep.
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Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Brain and spine MRI of the patient. A-J: Brain MRI revealed bilateral symmetric hyperintense lesions extending from suspicious lesions in the corona radiata and continuing down to the pons. These lesions exhibited a characteristic ‘wine-glass’ appearance in the coronal plane (A). They appeared hypointense in T1-weighted images (B) and were not enhanced by gadolinium (C). Axial images of lesions involving bilateral the internal capsule (D), crus cerebri (E), and basis pontis (F). Spine MRI revealed hyperintense lesions at C4-5 level in T2-weighted images (G, I) with contrast enhancement (H, J). MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.
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