Neurografía por resonancia magnética en la evaluación de los nervios periféricos

Abstract

Magnetic resonance neurography (MRN), with high resolution sequences, allows for a detailed study of the plexus and peripheral nerves. For its interpretation, it is necessary to have a general knowledge of MR, as well as of the anatomy of the neuromuscular system and lesions that affect it. Nerve and plexus pathology can be divided into mononeuropathies (for trauma, entrapment or tumors) and hereditary polyneuropathies (such as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease) or acquired (for chronic idiopathic demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, diabetes, vasculitis or inflammation). The objective of this review is to describe the study technique of Magnetic Resonance Neurography as well as the characteristics of the normal and pathological peripheral nerve.