Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in a child: clinical-spinal MR imaging correlation.
Spinal magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of a 3-year-old girl with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) showed thickened and marked enhancement of the lumbosacral nerve roots. These abnormalities resolved after steroid treatment. MR imaging of the cauda equina may be helpful in the diagnosis of CIDP.
Likasitwattanakul
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Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand. slikasit@mail.med.cmu.ac.th
Visrutaratna
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D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020277:Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology