Lee Jeong Hyun, Cheng Kai-Lung, Choi Young Jun, Baek Jung Hwan
Department of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 05505, Korea.
Department of Medical Imaging, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 402, Taiwan.; School of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan.; Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan.
Korean J Radiol. 2017 Jan-Feb;18(1):180-193. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2017.18.1.180. Epub 2017 Jan 5.
The neck has intricately connected neural structures, including cervical and brachial plexi, the sympathetic system, lower cranial nerves, and their branches. Except for brachial plexus, there has been little research regarding the normal imaging appearance or corresponding pathologies of neural structures in the neck. The development in imaging techniques with better spatial resolution and signal-to-noise ratio has made it possible to see many tiny nerves to predict complications related to image-guided procedures and to better assess treatment response, especially in the management of oncology patients. The purposes of this review is to present imaging-based anatomy of major nerves in the neck and explain their relevant clinical significance according to representative pathologies of regarded nerves in the neck.
颈部有错综复杂的神经结构相连，包括颈丛和臂丛、交感神经系统、低位颅神经及其分支。除臂丛外，关于颈部神经结构的正常影像表现或相应病变的研究较少。具有更好空间分辨率和信噪比的成像技术的发展，使得观察许多微小神经成为可能，以预测与影像引导操作相关的并发症，并更好地评估治疗反应，尤其是在肿瘤患者的管理中。本综述的目的是介绍基于影像的颈部主要神经解剖，并根据颈部相关神经的典型病变解释其相关临床意义。
