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ID 111153
Author
Mori, Atsuko Tokushima University
Takamatsu, Naoko Tokushima University|Vihara Hananosato Hospital
Maruyama-Saladini, Keiko Tokushima University
Osaki, Yusuke Tokushima University
Shimatani, Yoshimitsu Tokushima University
Oda, Masaya Vihara Hananosato Hospital
Keywords
ALS
nerve root
sonography
atrophy
onset
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Morphological assessment of peripheral nerves in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been available by sonography. Detection of possible axonal atrophy could be important in predicting progression. Research on correlation between sonographic findings and clinical presentation has been sparse. The aim of the study was to assess possible motor axon loss in patients with ALS by sonography and to correlate the imaging features with clinical subtypes. Patients with either definite or probable ALS and control subjects had sonographic evaluation of the cervical nerve roots (C5, C6, and C7). Each diameter and their sums were measured. The ALS patients were classified by their clinical onset and progression (arm-onset, leg-onset, bulbar, and flail-arm variant) and the sonographic features were compared. Overall, the cervical nerve roots were thinner in ALS than in the controls, but the diagnostic sensitivity was low. The patients with arm dysfunctions tended to show thinner nerve roots than those with normal or relatively preserved arm functions. The four ALS subtypes showed similar diameters of the nerve roots. There was no correlation between the disease duration and the diameters of the nerve roots. Sonography of the cervical nerve roots showed axonal atrophy in ALS and potentially reflects subtle arm dysfunctions.
Journal Title
The Journal of Medical Investigation
ISSN
13496867
13431420
NCID
AA11166929
AA12022913
Publisher
Faculty of Medicine Tokushima University
Volume
63
Issue
1-2
Start Page
54
End Page
57
Sort Key
54
Published Date
2016-02
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language
eng
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Medical Sciences
University Hospital