title: MRI of cranial nerve enhancement.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In this pictorial essay, we review the MR appearance of cranial nerve enhancement in a variety of entities including neoplastic, infectious, and idiopathic diseases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MRI with contrast enhancement is a valuable tool for detecting and characterizing disease of the cranial nerves. Abnormal cranial nerve enhancement on MRI may sometimes be the first or only indication of an underlying disease process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA 92868, USA. fsaremi@uci.edu
authors.forename: Farhood
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Saremi
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Helmy
authors.forename: Sahar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Farzin
authors.forename: Chi S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Zee
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Go
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media