{"title":"MRI of Nitrous Oxide-Related Subacute Cervical Myelopathy.","authors":"Leo Vael, Van Walleghem Phyllis, Özkan Özsarlak","doi":"10.5334/jbsr.2347","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Teaching point:</b> Myelopathy may occur following nitrous oxide (N<sub>2</sub>O) misuse, even if vitamin B12-levels are normal. The typical appearance on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), is an inverted V-shaped T2-weighted hypersignal in the dorsal columns of the cervicothoracic spinal cord.</p>","PeriodicalId":56282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology","volume":"105 1","pages":"22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8034397/pdf/","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5334/jbsr.2347","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Teaching point: Myelopathy may occur following nitrous oxide (N2O) misuse, even if vitamin B12-levels are normal. The typical appearance on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), is an inverted V-shaped T2-weighted hypersignal in the dorsal columns of the cervicothoracic spinal cord.
期刊介绍:
The purpose of the Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology is the publication of articles dealing with diagnostic and interventional radiology, related imaging techniques, allied sciences, and continuing education.