On MRI the differential diagnosis of spinal cord edema is -: (A) Myelodysplasia, (B) Myelomalacia, (C) Myeloschisis, (D) Cord tumors
Answer is B. In Myelomalacia, the spinal cord is small and bright due to cord atrophy and gliosis There is no extrinsic compression in myelomalacia Myelomalacia is irreversible.