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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2010; 20(03): 202-204
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.69358
Neuroradiology

Case report: Cervical spinal cord signal changes in a case of adult-onset subacute sclerosing panenchephalitis

Sandeep Sharma
Department of Neuroradiology, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110 029, India
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Subhash Kumar
Department of Neuroradiology, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110 029, India
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Abstract

In this article, we report a case of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in which there were central cervical cord signal changes on MRI. The spinal cord is uncommonly involved in SSPE. However, demonstration of spinal cord signal change in a patient of SSPE has significant implications for the differential diagnosis and management

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Adult onset SSPE - spinal cord signal changes - brain


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02 August 2021

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