MRI of cranial nerve enhancement.
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.
Saremi
Farhood
F
Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA 92868, USA. fsaremi@uci.edu
Helmy
Mohammad
M
Farzin
Sahar
S
Zee
Chi S
CS
Go
John L
JL
D003287:Contrast Media; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging
D003287:Contrast Media