[Diagnostic capabilities of spinal MR-angiography and spinal MR-tractography in Foix-Alajouanine syndrome].

The Foix-Alajouanine syndrome was originally reported by these authors in 1926, as rapidly progressive vasculitis on the background of a viral infection. The pathology was represented by the huge, more than 10 times, dilation either of the lumen, or the walls of the spinal vessels, either of the arteries, or the veins. There were no signs of thrombosis, no malformations.

[Diagnostic capabilities of spinal MR angiography and spinal MR tractography in a patient with motor neuron disease].

Motor neuron diseases (MND) include two main forms - amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). A certain part of these diseases is hereditary, while etiology of sporadic cases remains unknown. Both entities are known to develop because of motoneurons damage.

[Utility of spinal MRI tractography and spinal MRI angiography in the diagnosis of spastic diplegia].

There are different views on the nature of cerebral palsy, but no one has been accepted commonly. Since, every new observation of this disorder based on thorough clinical examination could convert the obscurity into clear and simple conception. We report the case of 4-year-old boy with lower paraplegia and speech retardation.