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We wish to thank our patient for his gracious cooperation which made this work possible, and for giving his consent to publish the photographs. We also thank Katerina Andritsopoulou and Hervé Lionel-Marie.
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Sagittal and axial T2-weighted MR images of the patient showing fatty infiltration and atrophy in paraspinal muscles (fat arrow), normal appearance of the occipital and thoracic fibers of the trapezius muscle (short arrows). (DOC 565 kb)
Walking pace in the video is slow due to proximal and distal motor deficit in the lower limbs combined with the anterior bend of the trunk (MPG 8774 kb)
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Psimaras, D., Maisonobe, T., Delanian, S. et al. Late onset radiation-induced camptocormia. J Neurol 258, 1723–1725 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-011-5997-x
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