Venous infarction in a patient with epidural and paraspinal abscesses. Note large intramedullary high signal on T2 of the cervical spinal cord (A). T1WI with contrast medium demonstrates an intramedullary enhancement (B and C), the anterior (arrows, B) and posterior epidural (white arrowhead, B), and paraspinal abscesses (black arrowhead, B). Note enhancement on axial T1 of both sides of the median line, reflecting venous ischemia.