TY - JOUR
T1 - 3T Magnetic Resonance Neurography of Tibial Nerve Pathologies
AU - Chalian, Majid
AU - Soldatos, Theodoros
AU - Faridian-Aragh, Neda
AU - Williams, Eric H.
AU - Rosson, Gedge D.
AU - Eng, John
AU - Carrino, John A.
AU - Chhabra, Avneesh
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - Diagnosis of tibial neuropathy has been traditionally based on clinical examination and electrodiagnostic studies; however, cross-sectional imaging modalities have been used to increase the diagnostic accuracy and provide anatomic mapping of the abnormalities. In this context, magnetic resonance neurography (MRN) offers high-resolution imaging of the tibial nerve (TN), its branches and the adjacent soft tissues, and provides an objective assessment of the neuromuscular anatomy, abnormality, and the surrounding pathology. This review describes the pathologies affecting the TN and illustrates their respective 3 Tesla (T) MRN appearances with relevant case examples.
AB - Diagnosis of tibial neuropathy has been traditionally based on clinical examination and electrodiagnostic studies; however, cross-sectional imaging modalities have been used to increase the diagnostic accuracy and provide anatomic mapping of the abnormalities. In this context, magnetic resonance neurography (MRN) offers high-resolution imaging of the tibial nerve (TN), its branches and the adjacent soft tissues, and provides an objective assessment of the neuromuscular anatomy, abnormality, and the surrounding pathology. This review describes the pathologies affecting the TN and illustrates their respective 3 Tesla (T) MRN appearances with relevant case examples.
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Magnetic resonance neurography
KW - Tibial nerve
KW - Tibial neuropathy
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00676.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00676.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22243916
AN - SCOPUS:84876307113
SN - 1051-2284
VL - 23
SP - 296
EP - 310
JO - Journal of Neuroimaging
JF - Journal of Neuroimaging
IS - 2
ER -