MR imaging in Guillain-Barré syndrome.
MRI in a 5-year-old girl with Guillain-Barré syndrome showed marked enhancement of nerve roots in the region of the conus medullaris and cauda equina. This enhancement gradually disappeared after high-dose immunoglobulin therapy. This characteristic finding of MRI may have diagnostic utility and represent the clinical course of the disease.
Iwata
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Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo General Hospital, 2-34-10, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan.
Utsumi
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D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology*