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MRIMusculoskeletalConfirmedFRCR 2B
Cervical cord cavernoma
Clinical Presentation
Progressive weakness.
- 1Within the cervical cord between C2 and C4 is anintramedullary lesionwith prominent peripheral hemosiderin-inducedsignal lossand internal heterogeneous signal
- 2There is someapical intrinsic high T1 signal, but no definite internal contrast enhancement (comparing fat-saturated post-contrast with non-fat-saturated pre-contrast images does make this assessment more challenging).ConclusionFeatures are characteristic of a cavernous malformation of the cord.