MR imaging of Dejerine-Sottas disease

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1999 Mar;20(3):378-80.

Abstract

We report the MR findings in two patients with clinically and histologically proved Dejerine-Sottas disease. One patient had spinal involvement with multiple thickened and clumped nerve roots of the cauda equina; the second had multiple enlarged and enhancing cranial nerves. Although these findings are not specific for Dejerine-Sottas disease, they are suggestive of the diagnosis, which is further corroborated with history and confirmed with sural nerve biopsy and laboratory studies.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cauda Equina / pathology
  • Child
  • Facial Muscles / pathology
  • Facial Nerve / pathology
  • Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy / diagnosis*
  • Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Muscle Weakness / diagnosis
  • Oculomotor Nerve / pathology
  • Spinal Cord / pathology
  • Trigeminal Nerve / pathology