Nodera Hiroyuki, Izumi Yuishin, Takamatsu Naoko, Kaji Ryuji
Department of Neurology, Tokushima University.
J Med Invest. 2016;63(1-2):104-7. doi: 10.2152/jmi.63.104.
To explore suggestive evidence of focal proximal demyelination in multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) without overt evidence of conduction block, we conducted sonographical assessment of cervical nerve roots in 9 MMN patients, 22 ALS patients, and 17 control subjects. The mean diameters of the C5 and C6 roots in MMN patients were significantly larger than those in ALS and controls, especially on the clinically dominant side. Although non-specific, sonography can be a potentially useful diagnostic procedure to support the diagnosis of MMN, even when overt conduction block is lacking.
为了探索在无明显传导阻滞证据的多灶性运动神经病(MMN)中局灶性近端脱髓鞘的提示性证据,我们对9例MMN患者、22例肌萎缩侧索硬化症(ALS)患者和17名对照者的颈神经根进行了超声评估。MMN患者C5和C6神经根的平均直径显著大于ALS患者和对照者,尤其是在临床优势侧。尽管超声检查是非特异性的,但即使缺乏明显的传导阻滞,它也可能是一种支持MMN诊断的潜在有用诊断方法。