Somatotopic Fascicular Lesions of the Brachial Plexus Demonstrated by High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Neurography

Conclusions: Brachial plexus MRN is highly accurate for differentiating patients with symptomatic plexopathy from healthy controls and for distinguishing patients with compressive neuropathy and noncompressive plexopathy. Furthermore, BP MRN revealed evidence for somatotopic organization of the BP. Therefore, as an addition to functional information of electrodiagnostic studies, anatomical information gained by BP MRN may help to improve the efficiency and accuracy of patient care.

Source: Investigative Radiology - November 7, 2017 Category: Radiology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research