Uncommon Pathologies of Spinal Canal – A Case Series

Abstract

Focal spinal cord pathology is every radiologist’s nightmare. Situations such as focal pathology in the cord with no obvious extramedullary or intramedullary cause on conventional sequences are frequently encountered. At times even though some abnormality is detected on conventional sequences, it becomes difficult to characterise it. SPACE sequence in such cases is of immense value in coming to a diagnosis and brings to light the pathology which was not eminent on conventional MRI sequences. Here we illustrate a series of cases in which we encountered similar problems and how the application of SPACE sequence helped in arriving to a diagnosis