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Magnetic resonance imaging of the cauda equina in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
P B Crino1, R I Grossman, A Rostami
1Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104.
Annals of Neurology
|March 1, 1993
Abstract:
We report a patient with biopsy proven chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy whose magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated abnormal enhancement of the cauda equina after administration of gadolinium. Enhancement may reflect alteration of the blood-nerve barrier secondary to inflammation. Magnetic resonance imaging of the cauda equina could be a useful adjunct in the early diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.