Unusual segmental narrowing of spinal cord responsible for child paraparesis

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作者
Briatore, Eleonora [1 ]
Boghi, Andrea [2 ]
Podesta, Barbara [1 ]
Gozzoli, Luigi [2 ]
Calzolari, Stefano [1 ]
机构
[1] S Croce E Carle Hosp, Child Neuropsychiat Unit, I-12100 Cuneo, Italy
[2] S Croce E Carle Hosp, Neuroradiol Unit, I-12100 Cuneo, Italy
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Spinal cord; Paraparesis; MRI; Child; DYSGENESIS;
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10.1007/s10072-011-0478-7
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
We describe a 7-year-old girl with spastic paraparesis. Her clinical condition was due to a unusual segmental thoracic narrowing of spinal cord. We show the imaging of her spinal cord, we compare her condition with the few similar cases from the literature and we try to suppose an aetiology.
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页码:903 / 905
页数:3
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