title: [Traction injuries of the brachial plexus: radiologic diagnosis using myelo-CT and MR].
abstract: The exact radiographic localisation of supraganglionic lesions of the brachial plexus provides important information for the prognosis and clinical management of these injuries. The authors report on the results of enhanced CT scanning and MRI of the cervical spine in five patients with surgically proven root avulsions caused by traction injuries. All lesions were correctly diagnosed by enhanced CT scanning. MRI, by comparison, identified only about 70% of the neural lesions.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Röntgendiagnostik, Universität Freiburg.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Blum
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Friedburg
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ott
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wimmer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Traktionsverletzungen des Plexus brachialis: radiologische Diagnostik mit Myelo-CT und MR.