High resolution neurography of the lumbosacral plexus on 3T magneteic resonance imaging
Radiologia. 2015 Jan-Feb;57(1):22-34.
doi: 10.1016/j.rx.2014.07.006.
Epub 2014 Nov 15.
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Affiliations
- 1 Departamento de Imágenes, Fundación para la lucha de las enfermedades neurológicas de la infancia Dr. Raúl Carrea (FLENI), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: ccejas@fleni.org.ar.
- 2 Departamento de Imágenes, Fundación para la lucha de las enfermedades neurológicas de la infancia Dr. Raúl Carrea (FLENI), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 3 Departamento de Neurología, Fundación para la lucha de las enfermedades neurológicas de la infancia Dr. Raúl Carrea (FLENI), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract
Magnetic resonance neurography is a technique that complements clinical and electrophysiological study of the peripheral nerves and brachial and lumbosacral plexuses. Numerous focal processes (inflammatory, traumatic, primary tumors, secondary tumors) and diffuse processes (diabetic polyneuropathy, chronic idiopathic demyelinating polyneuropathy due to amyloidosis or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease) can involve the lumbosacral plexus. This article reviews the anatomy of the lumbosacral plexus, describes the technique for neurography of the plexus at our institution, and shows the diverse diseases that affect it.
Keywords:
Lumbosacral plexus; Magnetic resonance neurography; Neurografía por resonancia magnética; Neuropathies; Neuropatías; Plexo lumbosacro.
Copyright © 2014 SERAM. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.
MeSH terms
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Humans
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Lumbosacral Plexus / anatomy & histology*
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Lumbosacral Plexus / diagnostic imaging*
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
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Neuroimaging / methods*