ArticleBrain and behavior2017
Brachial plexus magnetic resonance imaging differentiates between inflammatory neuropathies and does not predict disease course.
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- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Nerve Roots in the Diagnosis of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.European journal of neurology · 2026Pooled it
- Role of Imaging in Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: A Systematic Review.European journal of neurology · 2025Pooled it
- The diagnostic value of quantitative assessment of MR neurography in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The British journal of radiology · 2023Pooled it
- High Resolution 3-T Magnetic Resonance Tractography Cannot Localise Conduction Block in Multifocal Motor Neuropathy With Conduction Block.Journal of the peripheral nervous system : JPNS · 2026Article
- Semiquantitative assessment of preganglionic nerves for chronic immune-mediated neuropathies using brachial plexus magnetic resonance imaging.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- Multisequence magnetic resonance neurography of brachial and lumbosacral plexus in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: correlations with electrophysiological parameters and clinical features.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2023Article
- Development of magnetic resonance imaging of brachial plexus neuralgia.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Review
- Nerve biopsy: Current indications and decision tools.Muscle & nerve · 2021Review
- Quantitative assessment of brachial plexus MRI for the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory neuropathies.Journal of neurology · 2021Article
- In the borderland of multifocal motor neuropathy and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2021Article
- Diagnostic challenges in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2020Review
- Low interrater reliability of brachial plexus MRI in chronic inflammatory neuropathies.Muscle & nerve · 2020Article
- Use of Magnetic Resonance Neurography for Evaluating the Distribution and Patterns of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy.Korean journal of radiology · 2020Article
- Brachial plexus magnetic resonance imaging differentiates between inflammatory neuropathies and does not predict disease course.Brain and behavior · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe main objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation between the distribution of brachial plexus magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities and clinical weakness, and to evaluate the value of brachial plexus MRI in predicting disease course and response to treatment in multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN), Lewis-Sumner syndrome (LSS) and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP).
methodsSixty-seven patients with an inflammatory neuropathy diagnosed at our tertiary referral center for neuromuscular diseases had undergone bilateral T2-weighted short tau inversion recovery (STIR) MRI of the brachial plexus. We obtained clinical follow-up data and scored all MRIs for abnormalities and the symmetry of their distribution.
resultsBrachial plexus MRI abnormalities were detected in 45% of the patients. An abnormal MRI did not predict disease course in terms of patterns of weakness, sensory disturbances or response to treatment. Within the spectrum of radiological abnormalities, asymmetrical clinical syndromes, MMN and LSS were significantly associated with asymmetrical radiological abnormalities, whereas symmetrical abnormalities predominated in CIDP (
conclusionT2 STIR brachial plexus MRI abnormalities correspond with the distribution of neurological deficits in inflammatory neuropathies, but do not correlate with specific clinical characteristics, response to treatment or disease course.
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