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We observed a case of pernicious anaemia in which MRI of the spine demonstrated both intrinsic lesions of the spinal cord and abnormal signal in the bone marrow. The latter resolved with replacement therapy. Only partial recovery of the cord lesions was observed.
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Duprez, T.P., Gille, M., Vande Berg, B.C. et al. MRI of the spine in cobalamin deficiency: the value of examining both spinal cord and bone marrow. Neuroradiology 38, 511–515 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00626083
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