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Imaging of the peripheral nervous system in nociplastic pain: An ultrasound study in patients with fibromyalgia.

Marco Di CarloBenedetta BianchiEdoardo CipollettaSonia FarahEmilio FilippucciFausto Salaffi
Published in: Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging (2023)
Patients with FM show higher CSA of nerves than healthy subjects. The increased CSA is most evident at the sural nerve, vagus nerve, and sixth cervical nerve root. Ultrasound, a relatively easy-to-use technique, could identify morphological changes, in peripheral nervous structures in patients with FM.
Keyphrases
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • high resolution
  • peripheral nerve
  • chronic pain
  • contrast enhanced ultrasound
  • mass spectrometry
  • ultrasound guided
  • pain management
  • spinal cord injury
  • spinal cord