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Correlation of postmortem 9.4 tesla magnetic resonance imaging and immunohistopathology of the human thoracic spinal cord 7 months after traumatic cervical spine injury.
Scholtes, Félix; Adriaensens, Peter; Storme, Liesbet et al.
2006In Neurosurgery, 59 (3), p. 671-8; discussion 671-8
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Keywords :
Adult; Cervical Vertebrae/chemistry/pathology/radiography; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods/statistics & numerical data; Male; Spinal Cord Injuries/pathology/radiography; Thoracic Vertebrae/chemistry/pathology/radiography; Time Factors
Abstract :
[en] OBJECTIVE: To correlate high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with immunohistopathology in the injured human spinal cord. METHODS: Postmortem MRI scans at a field strength of 9.4 T, as well as standard histology and immunohistochemistry, were performed on an excised specimen of human high thoracic spinal cord, obtained 7 months after the initial trauma, several segments below a severe spinal cord lesion (C5). RESULTS: A precise correlation is described between MRI and immunohistochemistry of the long white matter tracts undergoing Wallerian degeneration and of an extension of the cervical lesion into the high thoracic cord. CONCLUSION: MRI, the only imaging technique that currently provides useful information on the spinal cord parenchyma after trauma, is rapidly evolving. High-field scanners of up to 9.4 T are being clinically tested. The present postmortem investigation of an isolated spinal cord specimen demonstrates the precise correlation that can be achieved between imaging and pathology. In future investigations, this type of technique can lead to a more precise description of spinal cord injuries and their consequences in remote tissue. Translation into the clinical setting will improve diagnosis and follow-up of spinal cord injured patients.
Disciplines :
Surgery
Author, co-author :
Scholtes, Félix  ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Neurochirurgie
Adriaensens, Peter
Storme, Liesbet
Buss, Armin
Kakulas, Byron A.
Gelan, Jan
Beuls, Emile
Schoenen, Jean  ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Neurologie CHR
Brook, Gary A.
Martin, Didier  ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Neurochirurgie
Language :
English
Title :
Correlation of postmortem 9.4 tesla magnetic resonance imaging and immunohistopathology of the human thoracic spinal cord 7 months after traumatic cervical spine injury.
Publication date :
2006
Journal title :
Neurosurgery
ISSN :
0148-396X
eISSN :
1524-4040
Publisher :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Hagerstown, United States - Maryland
Volume :
59
Issue :
3
Pages :
671-8; discussion 671-8
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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