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From: Area postrema syndrome in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: diagnostic challenges and descriptive patterns

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Brain and cervical MRI of a female patient with fulminant presentation preceded by an APS, with consequent acute respiratory failure, mechanical ventilation, and death from autonomic disturbances. a Sagittal T2-weighted MRI sequence of the cervical cord showing hyperintense lesions in the area postrema (red arrow) on the dorsal inferior surface of the medulla oblongata at the caudal end of the fourth ventricle, extensive brain stem involvement (ventral medulla and pons), two cord lesions (cervical and cervicodorsal). b Axial fluid-attenuated inversion recovery magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showing a hyperintense signal in the medulla oblongata

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