INTRODUCTION: Nerve ultrasound in Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease has focused mostly on the upper limbs. We performed an evaluation of a large cohort of CMT patients in which we sonographically characterized nerve abnormalities in different disease types, ages, and nerves. METHODS: Seventy patients affected by different CMT types and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP) were evaluated, assessing median, ulnar, fibular, tibial, and sural nerves bilaterally. Data were correlated with age. RESULTS: Nerve dimensions were correlated with CMT type, age, and nerve site. Nerves were larger in demyelinating than in axonal neuropathies. Nerve involvement was symmetric. CONCLUSIONS: CMT1 patients had larger nerves than did patients with other CMT types. Patients with HNPP showed enlargement at entrapment sites. Our study confirms the general symmetry of ultrasound nerve patterns in CMT. When compared with ultrasound studies of nerves of the upper limbs, evaluation of the lower limbs did not provide additional information.

Padua, L., Coraci, D., Lucchetta, M., Paolasso, I., Pazzaglia, C., Granata, G., Cacciavillani, M., Luigetti, M., Manganelli, F., Pisciotta, C., Piscosquito, G., Pareyson, D., Briani, C., Different nerve ultrasound patterns in charcot-marie-tooth types and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies, <<MUSCLE & NERVE>>, 2017; (Aug 12): 1-7. [doi:10.1002/mus.25766] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/106411]

Different nerve ultrasound patterns in charcot-marie-tooth types and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies

Padua, Luca
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Paolasso, Ilaria;Pazzaglia, Costanza;Granata, Giuseppe;Luigetti, Marco;
2017

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INTRODUCTION: Nerve ultrasound in Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease has focused mostly on the upper limbs. We performed an evaluation of a large cohort of CMT patients in which we sonographically characterized nerve abnormalities in different disease types, ages, and nerves. METHODS: Seventy patients affected by different CMT types and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP) were evaluated, assessing median, ulnar, fibular, tibial, and sural nerves bilaterally. Data were correlated with age. RESULTS: Nerve dimensions were correlated with CMT type, age, and nerve site. Nerves were larger in demyelinating than in axonal neuropathies. Nerve involvement was symmetric. CONCLUSIONS: CMT1 patients had larger nerves than did patients with other CMT types. Patients with HNPP showed enlargement at entrapment sites. Our study confirms the general symmetry of ultrasound nerve patterns in CMT. When compared with ultrasound studies of nerves of the upper limbs, evaluation of the lower limbs did not provide additional information.
2017
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Padua, L., Coraci, D., Lucchetta, M., Paolasso, I., Pazzaglia, C., Granata, G., Cacciavillani, M., Luigetti, M., Manganelli, F., Pisciotta, C., Piscosquito, G., Pareyson, D., Briani, C., Different nerve ultrasound patterns in charcot-marie-tooth types and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies, <<MUSCLE & NERVE>>, 2017; (Aug 12): 1-7. [doi:10.1002/mus.25766] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/106411]
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