ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Nerve Ultrasound as Helpful Tool in Polyneuropathies.
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- Comparison of Different Ultrasound Protocols in Patients with Inflammatory Polyneuropathies with Practical Insights.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Relationship between nerve ultrasonography image and electrophysiology in diabetic polyneuropathy.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2025Article
- ITPR3-associated neuropathy: Report of a further family with adult onset intermediate Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.European journal of neurology · 2024Article
- Polyneuropathy in Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis: Diagnostic Challenges and Potential for Therapeutic Intervention.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Neurophysiological and Ultrasound Correlations in Guillain Barré Syndrome and CIDP-Case Series.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
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- Unveiling the power of imaging techniques: comparing high-resolution ultrasound and functional MR neurography in peripheral nervous system pathology: a short communication.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Rare PMP22 variants in mild to severe neuropathy uncorrelated to plasma GDF15 or neurofilament light.Neurogenetics · 2023Article
- Rehabilitation of Peripheral Neuropathies: From Lexical Analysis of the Literature to Identification of Clinical Protocols.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- [Ultrasound examination of nerves of the upper extremities].Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2023Article
- Nerve Ultrasound of Peripheral Nerves in Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Nerve Ultrasound Performances in Differentiating POEMS Syndrome from CIDP.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2022Article
- Cross-Sectional Area Reference Values for Sonography of Peripheral Nerves in Taiwanese Adults.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundPolyneuropathies (PNP) are a broad field of diseases affecting millions of people. While the symptoms presented are mostly similar, underlying causes are abundant. Thus, early identification of treatable causes is often difficult. Besides clinical data and basic laboratory findings, nerve conduction studies are crucial for etiological classification, yet limited. Besides Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), high-resolution nerve ultrasound (HRUS) has become a noninvasive, fast, economic and available tool to help distinguish different types of nerve alterations in neuropathies.
methodsWe aim to describe typical ultrasound findings in PNP and patterns of morphological changes in hereditary, immune-mediated, diabetic, metabolic and neurodegenerative PNP. Literature research was performed in PubMed using the terms 'nerve ultrasound', neuromuscular ultrasound, high-resolution nerve ultrasound, peripheral nerves, nerve enlargement, demyelinating, hereditary, polyneuropathies, hypertrophy'.
resultsPlenty of studies over the past 20 years investigated the value of nerve ultrasound in different neuropathies. Next to nerve enlargement, patterns of nerve enlargement, echointensity, vascularization and elastography have been evaluated for diagnostic terms. Furthermore, different scores have been developed to distinguish different etiologies of PNP.
conclusionsWhere morphological alterations of the nerves reflect underlying pathologies, early nerve ultrasound might enable a timely start of available treatment and also facilitate follow up of therapy success.
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