Plain radiography in the evaluation of cervicobrachial neuralgia.
Standard radiography is indispensable to the initial evaluation of cervicobrachial neuralgia. Its main purpose is not to detect a nucleus pulposus herniation or a spondylarthrosis responsible for the neuralgia, but to exclude a possible malignancy. In some cases standard radiography points out to a less frequent cause, such as constitutional stenosis of intervertebral foramina not necessarily associated with a narrow vertebral canal.
Bonneville
J F
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Département de Neuroradiologie et de Radiologie ostéo-articulaire, Hôpital Jean-Minjoz, Besançon, France.
D020968:Brachial Plexus Neuritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography