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The utility of magnetic resonance imaging in evaluating peripheral nerve disorders.

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Grant, GA; Britz, GW; Goodkin, R; Jarvik, JG; Maravilla, K; Kliot, M
Published in: Muscle Nerve
March 2002

The evaluation of peripheral nerve injuries has traditionally relied primarily on information gained from the clinical history, physical examination, and electrodiagnostic testing. Taken together, all of this clinical and diagnostic information often allows one to determine the location and severity of the underlying peripheral nerve problem. However, it may not be sufficient in diagnosing a focal entrapment neuropathy superimposed upon a more generalized peripheral neuropathy; localizing a focal lesion along a long segment of nerve which may be difficult to assess accurately with electrodiagnostic studies; distinguishing early between an axonotmetic grade of injury, which can recover through axonal regeneration, and a neurotmetic grade which cannot and therefore may benefit from a surgical exploration and repair procedure; and noninvasively diagnosing and determining the surgical resectability of peripheral nerve mass lesions such as tumors. The goal of this review is to illustrate how standard and evolving magnetic resonance imaging techniques can provide additional information in dealing with some of these problems.

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Muscle Nerve

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0148-639X

Publication Date

March 2002

Volume

25

Issue

3

Start / End Page

314 / 331

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Grant, G. A., Britz, G. W., Goodkin, R., Jarvik, J. G., Maravilla, K., & Kliot, M. (2002). The utility of magnetic resonance imaging in evaluating peripheral nerve disorders. Muscle Nerve, 25(3), 314–331. https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.10013
Grant, Gerald A., Gavin W. Britz, Robert Goodkin, Jeffrey G. Jarvik, Kenneth Maravilla, and Michel Kliot. “The utility of magnetic resonance imaging in evaluating peripheral nerve disorders.Muscle Nerve 25, no. 3 (March 2002): 314–31. https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.10013.
Grant GA, Britz GW, Goodkin R, Jarvik JG, Maravilla K, Kliot M. The utility of magnetic resonance imaging in evaluating peripheral nerve disorders. Muscle Nerve. 2002 Mar;25(3):314–31.
Grant, Gerald A., et al. “The utility of magnetic resonance imaging in evaluating peripheral nerve disorders.Muscle Nerve, vol. 25, no. 3, Mar. 2002, pp. 314–31. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/mus.10013.
Grant GA, Britz GW, Goodkin R, Jarvik JG, Maravilla K, Kliot M. The utility of magnetic resonance imaging in evaluating peripheral nerve disorders. Muscle Nerve. 2002 Mar;25(3):314–331.
Journal cover image

Published In

Muscle Nerve

DOI

ISSN

0148-639X

Publication Date

March 2002

Volume

25

Issue

3

Start / End Page

314 / 331

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences