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Table 4 Vascular lesions summary

From: Location, length, and enhancement: systematic approach to differentiating intramedullary spinal cord lesions

Vascular lesions

Location

Length and segment distribution

Enhancement

Arteriovenous malformation

Dorsal

Lower thoracic cord and conus medullaris

Short segment

Heterogeneous, nodule of enhancement

Dural arteriovenous fistula

Variable

Edema of lower thoracic cord and conus

Long segment

+/− Enhancement

Cavernoma

Thoracic > cervical

Short segment

Minimal, heterogeneous

Infarction

Depends on territory, anterior cord most common

Long segment

Depends on infarct age