Cheng Yi, Xu Xiuyue, Chen Weimin, Wang Yi
Department of Ultrasound in Medicine, Fudan University affiliated Huashan Hospital, 12 Urumqi Middle Road, Shanghai, 200012, China.
Department of Hand Surgery, Fudan University affiliated Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Muscle Nerve. 2016 Aug;54(2):258-63. doi: 10.1002/mus.25022. Epub 2016 May 26.
The aim of this study was to determine the value of Doppler sonography for evaluation of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE).
A total of 102 patients with a clinical suspicion of UNE and 50 healthy controls were examined by Doppler and gray-scale sonography.
Intraneural vascularization was found in 31 (46.3%) of 67 patients with confirmed UNE and in 3 (6.0%) of 50 healthy controls. Combining gray-scale sonography measurement of nerve size and the presence of intraneural vascularization increased sensitivity by 3%, but decreased the specificity. Patients with intraneural vascularization had more severe disease than those without intraneural vascularization (P < 0.05). The variables obtained by Doppler sonography were associated with the severity of UNE (P < 0.05).
Doppler sonography is not helpful for diagnosing UNE but can be used to assess the severity of UNE. Muscle Nerve 54: 258-263, 2016.
本研究旨在确定多普勒超声在评估肘部尺神经病变（UNE）中的价值。
对102例临床怀疑患有UNE的患者和50例健康对照者进行了多普勒和灰阶超声检查。
在67例确诊为UNE的患者中，31例（46.3%）发现神经内血管形成，在50例健康对照者中，3例（6.0%）发现神经内血管形成。将灰阶超声测量的神经大小与神经内血管形成情况相结合，敏感性提高了3%，但特异性降低。有神经内血管形成的患者比没有神经内血管形成的患者病情更严重（P<0.05）。多普勒超声获得的变量与UNE的严重程度相关（P<0.05）。
多普勒超声对UNE的诊断没有帮助，但可用于评估UNE的严重程度。《肌肉与神经》54: 258 - 263, 2016年。
