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Magnetic resonsance imaging of the cauda equina in chronic inflammatory demyelination polyneuropathy
Author(s) -
Crino Peter B.,
Grossman Robert I.,
Rostami Abdolmohamad
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410330314
Subject(s) - cauda equina , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy , pathology , polyneuropathy , cauda equina syndrome , radiology , spinal cord , immunology , antibody , psychiatry
We report a patient with biopsy proven chromic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy whose magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated abnormal enhancement of the cauda equina after administration of gadolinium. Enhancement may reflect alteration of the blood‐ nerve barrier seconday to inflammation. Magnetic resonance imaging of th cauda equina could be a useful adjunct in the early diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinationg polyneuropathy.