MR imaging of birth-related brachial plexus avulsion.

The diagnostic value of CT myelography, MR myelography, and both in neonatal brachial plexus palsy.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although most infants with brachial plexus palsy recover function spontaneously, approximately 10-30% benefit from surgical treatment. Pre-operative screening for nerve root avulsions is helpful in planning reconstruction. Our aim was to compare the diagnostic value of CT myelography, MR myelography, and both against a surgical criterion standard for detection of complete...

Repair of Brachial Plexus Avulsion: clinical outcome, strategies for cellular repair and MR imaging protocols

MR Imaging of Lumbar Root Avulsion: Report of Two Case Studies

scribed in 1960 (1), is a very rare disease because the bony pelvis provides an effective shield against external injury. Thus, pelvic ring fracture or hip dislocation (1) usually precedes lumbosacral nerve root avulsion. Isolated lumbosacral nerve root avulsion is so rare that, to the best of our knowledge, only nine cases have been reported in the English literature to date (2). The diagnosti...

Magnetic resonance myelography in brachial plexus injury.

We used magnetic resonance (MR) myelography in ten patients with injuries to the brachial plexus and compared the findings with those obtained by conventional myelography and postmyelographic CT (CTM). In the presence of complete nerve-root avulsion (seven cases), a post-traumatic meningocele was detected by MR myelography. In injuries to the upper roots (three cases) MR myelography showed abno...

Update and review on the basics of brachial plexus imaging

Brachial plexopathy is a type of peripheral neuropathy. Injuries to the brachial plexus can be classified according to their severity, ranging from neuropraxia, the mildest form, to axonotmesis and neurotmesis, the most severe forms. The causes of brachial plexopathy include traumatic and non-traumatic injuries. Because the brachial plexus can sustain various types of injuries, different imagin...