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Vagus Nerve Ultrasound in Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy and Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 1A.

Jingwen NiuLei ZhangQingyun DingJingwen LiuZhe ZhangLiying CuiMingsheng Liu
Published in: Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging (2020)
The vagus nerve was involved to a similar extent as the median and ulnar nerves in CIDP and CMT1A, although no symptoms or signs of vagus nerve involvement were found. Further study should be performed to explore the clinical relevance of vagus nerve enlargement in these disorders.
Keyphrases
  • peripheral nerve
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • computed tomography