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'Grasshopper sign': the novel imaging of post-COVID-19 myelopathy with delayed longitudinal white matter abnormalities.

Motohiro OkumuraKazumasa SekiguchiTomoko OkamotoReiko SaikaHiroyuki MakiWakiro SatoNoriko SatoTakashi YamamuraYuji Takahashi
Published in: BMJ neurology open (2024)
We termed these tract-specific longitudinal lesions in the presented case series 'Grasshopper sign' because brain coronal and spine axial MRI findings looked like a grasshopper's antennae and face. Early identification of the characteristic MRI abnormality could allow for early intervention using intensive immunosuppressive therapy, which could improve patient outcomes.
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