Peripheral Motor Nerve and Muscle Disorders in ENT.

Role of Skeletal Muscle MRI in Peripheral Nerve Disorders

In diagnosing peripheral nerve disorders, the involved nerves can usually be determined based on clinical history and neurological findings with the aid of electrophysiological examinations. Despite the principle, we often encounter diagnostic challenges. In this chapter, we describe the clinical utility of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the evaluation of peripheral nerve disorders. MRI c...

EFNS guidelines for the molecular diagnosis of neurogenetic disorders: motoneuron, peripheral nerve and muscle disorders.

OBJECTIVES These EFNS guidelines on the molecular diagnosis of motoneuron disorders, neuropathies and myopathies are designed to summarize the possibilities and limitations of molecular genetic techniques and to provide diagnostic criteria for deciding when a molecular diagnostic work-up is indicated. SEARCH STRATEGY To collect data about planning, conditions and performance of molecular diag...

Antibody testing in peripheral nerve disorders.

The identification of autoantibodies associated with dysimmune neuropathies was a major contribution to the characterization of peripheral nerve disorders, the understanding of their pathophysiology, and the clinical diagnosis of neuropathies. Antibodies directed to GM1, GQ1b, and disyalilated gangliosides, and anti-MAG antibodies are very useful in the diagnosis of acute or chronic motor or se...

Electrodiagnostic Medicine Consultation in Peripheral Nerve Disorders

Ischaemia of peripheral nerve and muscle.

Although skeletal muscle and peripheral nerves are both resistant to ischaemia there are nevertheless many syndromes in which they are affected, either separately or together. It is frequently difficult to distinguish the effects of arterial ischaemia from those of compression, which may operate through vascular occlusion, or, in the case of peripheral nerve, by mechanical deformation of nerve ...