title: MRI of the brachial plexus: a review of 51 cases.
abstract: We present a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study in 51 patients where the brachial plexus was evaluated. Using a 1.5 T clinical imaging system, we obtained T1-weighted sequences, and double-echo (intermediate- and T2-weighted) spin-echo images. The coronal plane was imaged in all examinations and was supplemented by images in the sagittal and/or axial planes. Twenty cases had proven pathological brachial plexus involvement, whereas, in 31 cases, no brachial plexus involvement was present. In 4 cases, the MRI findings were not in agreement with the final diagnosis found in the charts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, St. Göran Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: de Verdier
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Colletti
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Terk
mesh_terms: D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D012189:Retrospective Studies