Harish Bhardwaj*

Department of Neurology, Aakash Healthcare Super Specialty Hospital, New Delhi, India

*Corresponding Author: Harish Bhardwaj, Department of Neurology, Aakash Healthcare Super Specialty Hospital, New Delhi, India.

Received: June 23,2022; Published: August 20, 2022

Abstract

Spinal cord infarction is rarely seen in children. They could present clinically with either anterior or posterior cord syndrome. Apart from clinical features, MRI is an important modality to investigate the same. However, usually, only T1, T2 and FLAIR imaging is done for the cord. In this case report, we tend to prove that DWI and ADC maps are important modalities of spinal cord imaging. Using these sequences in routine could help in accurate diagnoses of the cause of myelopathy.

Keywords: Acute Spinal Cord; Neck; Child; Spinal Cord

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Citation

Citation: Harish Bhardwaj. “Acute Spinal Cord Infarction After Neck Exercise in a Young Child: The Need for DWI and ADC Maps in Spinal Cord Imaging". Acta Scientific Neurology 5.9 (2022): 21-24.

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Copyright: © 2022 Harish Bhardwaj. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.