VALUE OF GADOLINIUM-ENHANCEMENT MRI OF TH E SPINE IN ACUTE POLYRADICULOPATHY

Authors
FAYOLLE H CREISSON E ANDRE N BILLIAR T BAUDOIN N SOICHOT P GIROUD M DUMAS R
Citation
H. Fayolle et al., VALUE OF GADOLINIUM-ENHANCEMENT MRI OF TH E SPINE IN ACUTE POLYRADICULOPATHY, Revue neurologique, 151(4), 1995, pp. 267-270
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Revue neurologique → ACNP
ISSN journal
00353787
Volume
151
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
267 - 270
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-3787(1995)151:4<267:VOGMOT>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Four patients with acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy were eval uated with MRI. In 3 of 4 cases, gadolinium enhancement was observed i n the nerve roots of cauda equina, on frontal and horizontal slices. T his enhancement was correlated with the severity of the clinical pictu re and the cerebrospinal-fluid inflammatory protein concentration and supports the inflammatory nature of this forms of acute polyradiculone uropathy.