Case report reveals MRI findings of venous congestion in novice surfers with spinal cord injury, implying a need for further investigation.
Surfer's myelopathy is a rare, nontraumatic spinal cord injury affecting novice surfers. Although spinal ischemia is considered the primary mechanism, whether the initial insult is arterial or venous remains controversial. We report a case of surfer's myelopathy with magnetic resonance imaging findings suggestive of venous congestion-radiological features that, to our knowledge, have not been previously described.
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