title: Central lesions in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: an MRI study.
abstract: To determine the frequency of the possible association between chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and MS, we did magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain in 19 patients with CIDP. Only 1 patient had clinical signs suggestive of central involvement. Seven of the 19 scans showed 2 or more brain "lesions." In 1 case the cause was an infarct and in 5 cases the patients were over 55 years of age and the lesions were not typical of MS. One 38-year-old patient had 2 small subcortical lesions. Typical MS lesions on MRI are uncommon in CIDP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Victoria Hospital, London, Canada.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Feasby
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Koopman
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000473:pathology*