Fat-water swap (Dixon method)

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard
Diagnosis certain
Annotated image

Dixon method through the thoracic spine demonstrating fat-water swap artifact (blue arrow) in the upper part of the scan. The CSF signal is incorrectly interpreted resulting in a geographic region of fat-water swapping. 

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