title: Magnetic resonance imaging findings in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with intracranial findings and enhancing, thickened cranial and spinal nerves.
abstract: Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy is a rare autoimmune disorder characterized by chronically progressive or relapsing symmetric sensorimotor involvement. We describe the imaging findings in our patient. Magnetic resonance imaging showed presence of an intracranial white matter lesion and enhancing, thickened cranial and spinal nerves. This disorder has been described very infrequently in the radiology literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33136, USA. hrishikesh_kale@hotmail.com
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Kale
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sklar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000473:pathology*; D020278:Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013127:Spinal Nerves / Q000473:pathology*