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Spinal Inflammation and Demyelinating Diseases

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Diseases of the Brain, Head and Neck, Spine

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Clinical presentation and imaging findings of spinal inflammatory and demyelinating diseases are protean and often non-specific. They may mimic neoplastic lesions either clinically or radiologically. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the best imaging modality to screen patients who are clinically suspected of having myelitis.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France

    C. Manelfe

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  1. Universitätsspital Nuklearmedizin, 8091, Zürich, Switzerland

    G. K. von Schulthess

  2. Kantonsspital Institut für Radiologie, 8401, Winterthur, Switzerland

    Ch. L. Zollikofer

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Manelfe, C. (2004). Spinal Inflammation and Demyelinating Diseases. In: von Schulthess, G.K., Zollikofer, C.L. (eds) Diseases of the Brain, Head and Neck, Spine. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2131-0_31

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