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A man with a 5-6 month history of progressive dysphagia and suboccipital headache

Ozgur Kilickesmez, MD

This 52 year-old man presented with the symptoms of 5-6 month history of progressive slurred speech, dysphagia, neck pain spreading to the arms and suboccipital headache radiating to the skull vertex. The motor and sensory examination of the upper and lower extremities was unremarkable. There were no signs of hyperreflexia or myelopathy. An MRI study of the cranium was performed in three planes.

What is the abnormality seen on MR pictures ?