Magnetic resonance imaging of the cauda equina in Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Publication/Presentation Date
7-1-1994
Abstract
We report three patients (two children and one adult) with Guillain-Barré syndrome and magnetic resonance imaging evidence of gadolinium enhancement of the cauda equina and lumbar nerve roots. All three patients exhibited symmetric ascending paralysis and areflexia, and two (one child, one adult) suffered urinary incontinence and retention. Similar enhancement has been observed in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and suggests proximal nerve inflammation. Magnetic resonance imaging in Guillain-Barré syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy may have diagnostic utility.
Volume
44
Issue
7
First Page
1334
Last Page
1336
ISSN
0028-3878
Published In/Presented At
Crino, P. B., Zimmerman, R., Laskowitz, D., Raps, E. C., & Rostami, A. M. (1994). Magnetic resonance imaging of the cauda equina in Guillain-Barré syndrome. Neurology, 44(7), 1334–1336. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.44.7.1334
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
8035942
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article