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Metabolic-Toxic Diseases and Atrophic Changes of the Spinal Cord

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This chapter is concerned with the depiction of lesions which are confined to individual columns of the spinal cord. They have lengthwise extension, lack of enhancement and swelling in common. Atrophy of the spinal cord should be described, but, for a variety of reasons, radiology does not contribute to the differential diagnosis.

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Abbreviations

ADAV:

Alexander’s disease adult variant

Gd:

Gadolinium

LBSL:

Leukodystrophy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation

PGBD:

Adult polyglucosan body disease

SCDSC:

Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord

VM:

Vacuolar myelopathy

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  1. Department of Neurology, Hanse Klinikum Wismar, Wellengang 21, D-23968, Wismar, Germany

    Michael Nichtweiß

  2. Institute for Neuroradiology, Goethe-University, Schleusenweg 2-16, D-60528, Frankfurt, Germany

    Elke Hattingen

  3. Department of Neurology, Sankt Katharinen Hospital, Seckbacher Landstr. 65, D-60389, Frankfurt, Germany

    Stefan Weidauer

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  1. Institute for Neuroradiology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany

    Elke Hattingen

  2. Department of Neurology, Sankt Katharinen Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

    Stefan Weidauer

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany

    Matthias Setzer

  4. Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Department of Neurology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany

    Johannes C. Klein

  5. H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

    Frank Vrionis

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Nichtweiß, M., Hattingen, E., Weidauer, S. (2015). Metabolic-Toxic Diseases and Atrophic Changes of the Spinal Cord. In: Hattingen, E., Weidauer, S., Setzer, M., Klein, J., Vrionis, F. (eds) Diseases of the Spinal Cord. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54209-1_16

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