Pattern analysis of nerve enlargement using ultrasonography in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

Neuroimaging in diagnosis of atypical polyradiculoneuropathies: report of three cases and review of the literature

“…The high variability of the fascicular pattern in CIDP patients has been observed also by Jang et al, who demonstrated increased CSA at proximal and no at entrapment sites, correlating with nerve conduction velocity of the corresponding region, using a US imaging protocol including CSA measurement of several nerves (vagus, brachial plexus, musculocutaneous median, ulnar, radial, sciatic, tibial, common peroneal, and sural nerves) [39].…”

Comparison of clinical, electrophysiological, sonographic and MRI features in CIDP

“…Although already reported in the literature, the meaning of the various fascicular patterns remains unknown [18,19]. Padua et al performed a thorough nerve ultrasound examination also detecting multiple morphological patterns of enlarged, atrophic and mixed fascicles in the peripheral nerves but no high resolution MRI examination was performed [19].…”

Autoimmune inflammatory neuropathies

“…In CIDP, enlargement of nerves was found correlated with nerve conduction velocities [48]. In one study, 53% of nerve segments were found abnormal and up to 89% of patients demonstrated at least one nerve change.…”