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length, and enhancement: systematic approach to differentiating intramedullary spinal cord lesions. Compressive myelopathy. A 50-year-old patient with bilateral hand tingling. a Sagittal T2 image shows severe spinal canal narrowing at C3–C4 due to degenerative changes, with focal faint signal hyperintensity (arrow). b Post-contrast image shows focal enhancement (arrow)

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Compressive myelopathy refers to neurological deficits that result from abnormal compression of the spinal cord. It most commonly occurs in the cervical spinal cord.

Pathology

Any cause of spinal canal stenosis including disc herniation, osteophytes, extradural mass, and/or paravertebral ligamentous ossification .

Radiographic features

MRI

Intramedullary T2 hyperintense signal in the setting of symptoms of acute cord compression is an urgent finding and probably indicates acute cord edema and ischemia .

These have been associated with worse outcomes:

high T2 signal intensity in a compressed segment relative to a noncompressed segment
low T1 signal intensity change with high T2 signal intensity at the compressed segment