title: MRI of enlarged dorsal ganglia, lumbar nerve roots, and cranial nerves in polyradiculoneuropathies.
abstract: This paper describes the MRI findings in four patients with a clinical diagnosis of hypertrophic polyradiculoneuropathies. In two examination of the lumbar spine showed enlarged nerve roots and dorsal ganglia, and similar findings were present in the cervical spine in a third. The cisternal portions of the cranial nerves were enlarged in another patient. MRI allows identification of enlarged nerves in hypertrophic polyradiculopathies.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7510, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mukherji
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000473:pathology*; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology*