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MRI appearances of the CNS manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae: a report of two cases

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Two patients are reported with Mycoplasma pneumoniae-related cervical myelitis. Magnetic resonance imaging in each case demonstrated clinically silent lesions suggesting more extensive neurological involvement. This supports the concept of widespread immunologically mediated disease occurring as a remote effect of initial M. pneumoniae respiratory infection. Differences from the MRI appearances of a patient with mycoplasma-related Guillian-Barré syndrome imply that more than one antigenic determinant is involved.

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Francis, D.A., Brown, A., Miller, D.H. et al. MRI appearances of the CNS manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae: a report of two cases. J Neurol 235, 441–443 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00314492

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