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MRI of cranial nerve enhancement
Farhood Saremi1, Mohammad Helmy, Sahar Farzin
1Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA 92868, USA. fsaremi@uci.edu
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.
Conclusion:
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.
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