Fig. 5: Classification of 70 pediatric SCI patients based on axial T2WIs.
From: Ischemic damage may play an important role in spinal cord injury during dancing
A schematic diagram of BASIC scores is shown in the “Sketch Map” column. BASIC score of 0: no abnormality; BASIC score of 1: involvement of the gray matter only; BASIC score of 2: involvement of both the central gray matter and adjacent white matter; BASIC score of 3: total involvement of the spinal cord; BASIC score of 4: involvement of the whole spinal cord with hemorrhage. a A 5-year-old girl with an injury at T8 with no appreciable abnormal signals. b A 10-year-old girl with an injury at T6 with “butterfly-like” enhancement of the gray matter, which is a typical sign of spinal cord ischemia. c A “ring-like” change of a 6-year-old girl with an injury to T10 mostly involving the central gray matter with some involvement of the adjacent white, but not the peripheral white matter. d Involvement of the whole spinal cord of a 6-year-old girl with injury to T11.
