MRI of the cauda equina in CIDP: Clinical correlations

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-44

  Midroni, Gyl ^a,d   De Tilly, Lyne Noël ^b,d   Gray, Bruce ^b,d   Vajsar, Jiri ^c,d  

^a Neurophysiol 9V St Michael's H ^*  (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Charcot Marie Tooth; CIDP; Hypertrophic neuropathy; MRI; Nerve root enhancement; Polyradiculopathy

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ROOT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUDA EQUINA; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY, CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0032744517     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00195-1     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Dyck P.J., Lais A.C., Ohta M., Bastron J.A., Okazaki H., Groover R.V. Chronic inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy. Mayo Clin Proc. 50:1975;621-637.
2. Barohn R.J., Kissel J.T., Warmolts J.R., Mendell J.R. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: clinical characteristics, course, and recommendations for diagnostic criteria. Arch Neurol. 46:1989;878-884.
3. McCombe P.A., Pollard J.D., McLeod J.G. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. Brain. 110:1987;1617-1630.
4. Hahn A.F., Bolton C.F., Pillay N., et al. Plasma-exchange therapy in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. A double-blind, sham-controlled, crossover study. Brain. 119:1996;1055-1066.
5. Dyck P.J., Litchy W.J., Kratz K.M., et al. A plasma exchange versus immune globulin trial in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. Ann Neurol. 36:1994;838-845.
6. Symonds C.P., Blackwood W. Spinal cord compression in hypertrophic neuritis. Brain. 85:1962;251-260.
7. Midroni G., Dyck P.J. Views and reviews: Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. Neurology. 46:1995;1206-1212.
8. De Silva R.N., Willison H.J., Doyle D., Weir A.I., Hadley D.M., Thomas A.M. Nerve root hypertrophy in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Muscle Nerve. 17:1994;168-170.
9. Ginsberg L., Platts A.D., Thomas P.K. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy mimicking a lumbar spinal stenosis syndrome. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 59:1995;189-191.
10. Schady W., Goulding P.J., Lecky B.R.F., King R.H.M., Smith C.M.L. Massive nerve root enlargement in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 61:1996;636-640.
11. Duggins A., McLeod J., Pollard J., Davies L., Soper J., Thompson E. MRI evidence of nerve root and plexus hypertrophy in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Peripheral Nerve Society Meeting, Cambridge, UK :1997;240. Abstract.
12. Crino P.B., Grossman R.I., Rostami A. Magnetic resonance imaging of the cauda equina in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Ann Neurol. 33:1993;311-313.
13. Bertorini T., Halford H., Lawrence J., Vo D., Wassef M. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbosacral roots in the dysimmune inflammatory polyneuropathies. J Neuroimag. 5:1995;9-15.
14. Gorson K.C., Ropper A.H., Muriello M.A., Blair R. Prospective evaluation of MRI lumbosacral nerve root enhancement in acute Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Neurology. 47:1996;813-817.
15. Bowen J., Gregory R., Squier M., Donaghy M. The post-irradiation lower motor neuron syndrome. Neuronopathy or radiculopathy? Brain. 119:1996;1429-1439.
16. Jinkins J.R. MR of enhancing nerve roots in the unoperated lumbosacral spine. Am J Neuroradiol. 14:1993;193-202.
17. Jinkins J.R., Osbron A.G., Garret D.G., Hunt S., Story J.L. Spinal nerve enhancement with gd-DTPA: MR correlation with the postoperative lumbosacral spine. Am J Neuroradiol. 14:1993;383-394.
18. Research criteria for diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Neurology. 41:1991;617-618.
19. Monajati A., Wayne W.S., Rauschning W., Ekholm S.E. MR of the cauda equina. Am J Neuropadiol. 8:1987;893-900.
20. Daube J.R. Compound muscle action potentials. Daube J.R. Clinical neurophysiology. 1996;207-211 F.A. Davis, Philadephia.
21. Breger R.K., Williams A.L., Daniels D.L., et al. Contrast enhancement in spinal MR imaging. Am J Neuroradiol. 10:1989;633-637.
22. Lim V., Sobel D.F., Zyroff J. Spinal cord pial metastases: MR imaging with gadopentetate dimeglumine. Am J Neuroradiol. 11:1990;975-982.
23. Jinkins J.R. Gd-DTPA enhanced MR of the lumbar spinal canal in patients with claudication. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 17:1993;555-562.
24. Van Goethem J.W.M., Van de Delft E., Biltijes I.G.G.M., Van den Hauwe L., Parizel P., De Schepper A.M. MRI after successful lumbar discectomy. Neuroradiology. 38:(suppl I):1996;590-596.
25. Choi S.K., Bowers R.P., Buckthal P.E. MR Imaging in hypertrophic neuropathy: a case of hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy, type I (Charcot-Marie-Tooth). Clin Imag. 14:1990;204-207.
26. Krendel D.A., Costigan D.A., Hopkins L.C. Successful treatment of neuropathies in patients with diabetes mellitus. Arch Neurol. 52:1995;1053-1061.
27. Llewelyn J.G., Thomas P.K., King R.H.M. Diabetic lower limb motor neuropathy. Peripheral Nerve Society Meeting, Cambridge, UK :1997;114. Abstract.
28. Said G., Goulon-Goeau C., Lacroix C., Moulonguet A. Nerve biopsy findings in different patterns of proximal diabetic neuropathy. Ann Neurol. 35:1994;559-569.
29. Dyck P.J.B., Norell J., Dyck P.J. Confirmation that inflammatory vasculopathy and ischemia are implicated in the pathogenesis of proximal diabetic neuropathy. Peripheral Nerve Society Meeting, Cambridge, UK :1997;135. Abstract.
30. Sze G., Abramson A., Krol G., Liu D., Amster J., Zimmerman R.D., Deck M.D.F. Gadolinium-DTPA in the evaluation of intradural extramedullary spinal disease. Am J Neuroradiol. 9:1988;153-163.
31. Bazan C., Jakcson C., Jinkins J.R., Barohn R.J. Gadolinium-enhanced MRI in a case of cytomegalovirus polyradiculopathy. Neurology. 41:1991;1522-1523.
32. Talpos D., Tien R.D., Hesselink J.R. Magnetic resonance imaging of AIDS-related polyradiculopathy. Neurology. 41:1991;1996-1997.
33. Kuwabara S., Nakajima M., Matsuda S., Hattori T. Magnetic resonance imaging at the demyelinative foci in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Neurology. 48:1997;874-877.
34. Hahn A.F. Experimental allergic neuritis (EAN) as a model for the immune-mediated demyelinating neuropathies. Rev Neurol. 152:1996;328-332.
35. Pollard J.D., Westland K.W., Harvey G.K., et al. Activated T cells of nonneural specificity open the blood-nerve barrier to circulating antibody. Ann Neurol. 37:1995;467-475.
36. Seitz R.J., Reiners K., Himmelmann F., Heininger K., Hartung H.P., Toyka K.V. The blood-nerve barrier in wallerian degeneration: a sequential long-term study. Muscle Nerve. 12:1989;627-635.
37. Bouldin T.W., Earnhardt T.S., Goines N.D. Restoration of blood-nerve barrier in neuropathy is associated with axonal regeneration and remyelination. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 50:1991;719-728.
38. Latker C.H., Wadwani K.C., Balbo A., Rapoport S.I. Blood-nerve barrier in the frog during wallerian degeneration: Are axons necessary for maintenance of barrier function. J Comp Neurol. 309:1991;650-664.