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Novel imaging techniques using 18 F-florbetapir PET/MRI can guide fascicular nerve biopsy in amyloid multiple mononeuropathy.

Kamal ShoumanStephen M BroskiEli MuchtarCourtney A PendletonGeoffrey B JohnsonJennifer TracyJanean K EngelstadRobert J SpinnerP James B Dyck
Published in: Muscle & nerve (2020)
18 F-florbetapir PET/MRI imaging is a promising diagnostic tool for patients with suspected peripheral nerve amyloidosis (including multiple mononeuropathy) in whom conventional imaging and nerve and muscle biopsies miss the pathology.
Keyphrases
  • peripheral nerve
  • high resolution
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • contrast enhanced
  • pet ct
  • positron emission tomography
  • skeletal muscle
  • ultrasound guided
  • magnetic resonance
  • diffusion weighted imaging