J Clin Neurol.  2018 Apr;14(2):259-260. 10.3988/jcn.2018.14.2.259.

Is Corticospinal Tract Degeneration Caused by Sjögren Syndrome?

• Nam TS
• Levy M
• Kim SH
• Kang KW
• Kim BJ
• Lee SH

• KMID: 2407960
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2018.14.2.259

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Pyramidal Tracts*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Cervical MRI scans of the patient. A: At 2 months after symptom onset, a T2-weighted sagittal image shows no significant abnormality, but T2-weighted axial images show suspicious focal hyperintensities (arrows) in lateral motor tracts bilaterally in the cervical spinal cord. B: MRI images obtained 8 months after the onset show spinal cord atrophy primarily of the lateral motor tracts, with preservation of the posterior columns. C: At 20 months after the onset, a T2-weighted sagittal image shows a linear hyperintensity (asterisk) extending to the upper thoracic levels of the vertebral column (from C2 to T1), and T2-weighted axial images show more-prominent atrophy in both the lateral and ventral columns (arrow heads), which correspond to the area of lateral and anterior corticospinal tracts.

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