Rinsho Shinkeigaku (Clinical Neurology)

Invited Review

Definitions and MR imaging of duropathies

Akira Yagishita, M.D.1)

1) Department of Neuroradiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital

Kumar defined duropathies as disorders with dural defects-related cerebrospinal fluid leaks, particularly of spinal anterior dura mater, Superficial (hemo) siderosis (SS) and multisegemental amyotrophy (MSAM) were included in duropathies. Dural defects of SS had two types; one was incomplete closure of the dura in the spinal and cranial operations, the other was a spontaneous defect in the spinal anterior dura mater. In a majority of SS patients, spontaneous dural defects were detected at the levels of C7/Th1 to Th2/Th3 on axial FIESTA (fast imaging employing steady state acquisition) images. Similarly, dural defects in our 6 cases with MSAM were showed at C7/Th1 to Th2/Th3. Axial FIESTA images were crucial on MR imaging. T2 weighted images demonstrated abnormal hyperintense lesions in both anterior horns at the level of C3 spinal cord in all of 7 patients with MSAM. A dural defect in one case was not found.
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(CLINICA NEUROL, 61: 1|5, 2021)
key words: dura, superficial hemosiderosis, multisegmental amyotrphy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, FIESTA (fast imaging employing steady state acquisition)

(Received: 12-Aug-20)