W Ludo van der Pol1, H Stephan Goedee2, Marieke H J van Rosmalen2,3, Martijn Froeling3, Stefano Mandija4,5, Jeroen Hendrikse3. 1. Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3508GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands. w.l.vanderpol@umcutrecht.nl. 2. Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3508GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 3. Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3508GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 4. Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3508GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 5. Computational Imaging Group for MR Diagnostic and Therapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3508GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) are caused by inflammatory changes of peripheral nerves. It is unknown if the intra-spinal roots are also affected. This MRI study systematically visualized intra-spinal nerve roots, i.e., the ventral and dorsal roots, in patients with CIDP, MMN and motor neuron disease (MND). METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional study in 40 patients with CIDP, 27 with MMN and 34 with MND. All patients underwent an MRI scan of the cervical intra-spinal roots. We systematically measured intra-spinal nerve root sizes bilaterally in the transversal plane at C5, C6 and C7 level. We calculated mean nerve root sizes and compared them between study groups and between different clinical phenotypes using a univariate general linear model. RESULTS: Patients with MMN and CIDP with a motor phenotype had thicker ventral roots compared to patients with CIDP with a sensorimotor phenotype (p = 0.012), while patients with CIDP with a sensory phenotype had thicker dorsal roots compared to patients with a sensorimotor phenotype (p = 0.001) and with MND (p = 0.004). CONCLUSION: We here show changes in the morphology of intra-spinal nerve roots in patients with chronic inflammatory neuropathies, compatible with their clinical phenotype.
OBJECTIVE: Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) are caused by inflammatory changes of peripheral nerves. It is unknown if the intra-spinal roots are also affected. This MRI study systematically visualized intra-spinal nerve roots, i.e., the ventral and dorsal roots, in patients with CIDP, MMN and motor neuron disease (MND). METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional study in 40 patients with CIDP, 27 with MMN and 34 with MND. All patients underwent an MRI scan of the cervical intra-spinal roots. We systematically measured intra-spinal nerve root sizes bilaterally in the transversal plane at C5, C6 and C7 level. We calculated mean nerve root sizes and compared them between study groups and between different clinical phenotypes using a univariate general linear model. RESULTS: Patients with MMN and CIDP with a motor phenotype had thicker ventral roots compared to patients with CIDP with a sensorimotor phenotype (p = 0.012), while patients with CIDP with a sensory phenotype had thicker dorsal roots compared to patients with a sensorimotor phenotype (p = 0.001) and with MND (p = 0.004). CONCLUSION: We here show changes in the morphology of intra-spinal nerve roots in patients with chronic inflammatory neuropathies, compatible with their clinical phenotype.
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