title: Diffuse spinal and intercostal nerve involvement in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: MRI findings.
abstract: Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is an uncommon demyelinating disorder with a relapsing and remitting or continuously progressive course. Hypertrophic nerve roots, sometimes associated with gadolinium enhancement, has been reported more commonly in lumbar spine and less commonly in the brachial plexus and cervical roots; however, diffuse involvement of intercostal nerves bilaterally has never been reported previously. We present MRI findings which include diffuse enlargement and mild enhancement of roots and extraforaminal segments of nerves in all segments except a short segment between T12-L2 as well as all the intercostal nerves in a case of CIPD with a 10-year history.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Sihhiye, 06100, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Berna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oguz
authors.forename: Kader Karli
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Oguz
authors.forename: Aysenur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cila
authors.forename: Ersin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D002572:Cervical Plexus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007367:Intercostal Nerves / Q000473:pathology*; D008160:Lumbosacral Plexus / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020277:Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012008:Recurrence; D013127:Spinal Nerves / Q000473:pathology*