MRI shows thickening and altered diffusion in the median and ulnar nerves in multifocal motor neuropathy

Objectives To study disease mechanisms in multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of the median and ulnar nerves. Methods We enrolled ten MMN patients, ten patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and ten healthy controls (H...

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Veröffentlicht in:European radiology 2017-05, Vol.27 (5), p.2216-2224
Hauptverfasser: Haakma, Wieke, Jongbloed, Bas A., Froeling, Martijn, Goedee, H. Stephan, Bos, Clemens, Leemans, Alexander, van den Berg, Leonard H., Hendrikse, Jeroen, van der Pol, W. Ludo
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Zusammenfassung:Objectives To study disease mechanisms in multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of the median and ulnar nerves. Methods We enrolled ten MMN patients, ten patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and ten healthy controls (HCs). Patients underwent MRI (in a prone position) and nerve conduction studies. DTI and fat-suppressed T2-weighted scans of the forearms were performed on a 3.0T MRI scanner. Fibre tractography of the median and ulnar nerves was performed to extract diffusion parameters: fractional anisotropy (FA), mean (MD), axial (AD) and radial (RD) diffusivity. Cross-sectional areas (CSA) were measured on T2-weighted scans. Results Forty-five out of 60 arms were included in the analysis. AD was significantly lower in MMN patients (2.20 ± 0.12 × 10 -3  mm 2 /s) compared to ALS patients (2.31 ± 0.17 × 10 -3  mm 2 /s; p  
ISSN:0938-7994
1432-1084
DOI:10.1007/s00330-016-4575-0