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We correlated MRI features with histopathological findings in an HIV-positive patient with vacuolar myelopathy. On MRI symmetrical nonenhancing high-signal areas in the posterior columns on T2-weighted images result from extensive vacuolation visible on histological sections.
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Received: 18 November 1997 Accepted: 23 March 1997
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Sartoretti-Schefer, S., Blättler, T. & Wichmann, W. Spinal MRI in vacuolar myelopathy, and correlation with histopathological findings. Neuroradiology 39, 865–869 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050523
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050523