Copper deficiency myeloneuropathy resembling B12 deficiency: partial resolution of MR imaging findings with copper supplementation.

نویسندگان

  • B P Goodman
  • B W Chong
  • A C Patel
  • G P Fletcher
  • B E Smith
چکیده

Copper deficiency has been associated with a clinical syndrome, myeloneuropathy. Radiographic changes resembling B(12) deficiency in the cervical spinal cord have been described. We present a case of copper deficiency myeloneuropathy, with cervical MR imaging findings resembling B(12) deficiency, which partially reversed following copper supplementation. This is, to our knowledge, the first described case of radiographic improvement with copper supplementation.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology

دوره 27 10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006