3T Magnetic Resonance Neurography: preliminary experience
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Resumen Propósito. Presentar las ventajas de la secuencia IDEAL (Iterative Decomposition of water and fat with Echo Asymmetry and Least-squares estimation) en la evaluación de los nervios periféricos y plexos braquial (PB) y lumbosacro (PLS) para el diagnóstico de las neuropatías por atrapamiento o compresión, las neuropatías sin atrapamiento y las condiciones subyacentes. La secuencia IDEAL proporciona 4 tipos de imágenes a partir de una sola adquisición, permitiendo la supresión uniforme de la grasa y el agua, y la obtención de imágenes en fase o fuera de fase de agua, grasa o de la combinación de éstas. Materiales y Métodos. Estudio retrospectivo de enero de 2011 a junio de 2011. Se realizaron 11 neurografías con secuencia IDEAL en resonancia magnética 3T (HDX 3T, GE Healthcare, USA), con bobinas phased array de 8 canales en planos coronal y sagital, cortes de 1,2 0 mm, y plano axial 3D spoiled gradient recalled (SPGR) T1, cortes 1 0 mm sin y con gadolinio. El campo de visión (FOV) fue variable según el nervio o plexo a explorar. Resultados. Se encontraron 2 schwannomas (plexo braquial, nervio ciático), 1 neuritis (inflamación por compresión del nervio mediano), 2 casos con neurofibromas múltiples (uno en plexo lumbosacro y ciático y otro en plexo braquial), 3 neuromas postraumáticos (ciático poplíteo externo -CPE-), una avulsión con pseudomeningocele (plexo braquial) y 2 casos sin alteraciones (plexo lumbosacro y ciático poplíteo externo). Conclusión. En esta presentación preliminar, la neurografía por resonancia magnética (RM) mostró una excelente diferenciación entre el nervio y las estructuras circundantes y permitió reconocer la estructura del nervio y su señal, determinar variantes anatómicas y causas de neuropatías, así como también se pudieron evaluar los cambios de denervación en los grupos musculares involucrados. Palabras clave. Neurografía. Nervios periféricos. Plexo. Neuropatía. Resonancia magnética. Abstract 3T MRI neurography: preliminary experience. Purpose. Demonstrate the advantages of the IDEAL (Iterative Decomposition of water and fat with Echo Asymmetry and Least-squares estimation) sequence in the evaluation of peripheral nerves, brachial plexus and lumbar plexus, for the diagnosis of compression or entrapment neuropathies, non-entrapment neuropathies, and the underlying conditions. The IDEAL sequence provides 4 types of images from a single acquisition, allowing uniform fat or water suppression and in phase/out of phase images of water, fat or a combination of both. Materials and Methods. This is a retrospective study, from January 2011 to June 2011. Eleven neurographies were performed on 3T MRI (HDX 3T, GE Healthcare, USA), with 8-channel phased array coils on sagittal and coronal planes, with 1.2-0 mm slices with no gap, axial 3D spoiled gradient recalled (SPGR) T , with 1-0-mm slice thickness with and without gadolinium injection and variable field of view (FOV) according to the nerve or plexus to explore. Results. We found 2 schwannomas (brachial plexus and sciatic nerve), 1 neuritis (compression to median nerve), 2 cases of multiple neurofibromas (lumbosacral plexus, sciatic nerve, brachial plexus), 3 traumatic neuromas (peroneal nerve) and 1 pseudomeningocele avulsion (brachial plexus), and 2 with no structural alterations (lumbosacral plexus and peroneal nerve). Conclusion. In this preliminary experience, the use of highresolution sequences in magnetic resonance imaging neurography studies provided excellent signal homogeneity, improving the recognition of the nerve structure and signal, the identification of anatomical variations, and causes of neuropathy, as well as the characterization of denervation changes of the affected muscle groups.
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تاریخ انتشار 2012