Major motor atrophic patterns in the face and neck: CT evaluation
Cranial nerve deficits from various pathologic processes of the head and neck may result in characteristic patterns of denervation muscular atrophy. Such atrophic patterns may be clues to the location and extent of the lesion, particularly when cranial nerves are involved early in the course of the disease process. Thirty-six patients with computed tomographic (CT) evidence of muscular atrophy secondary to pathologic conditions involving the motor division of cranial nerves were examined. Five characteristic denervation muscular atrophy patterns seen on CT scans were identified. Recognition of these atrophic patterns can prevent misinterpretation of their CT appearance and direct the CT examination to the course of the compromised cranial nerve from the brainstem to its peripheral innervation.
- Research Organization:
- Veterans Administration Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT
- OSTI ID:
- 5678546
- Journal Information:
- Radiology; (United States), Vol. 155:3; Conference: 71. scientific assembly and annual meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, 17-22 Nov 1985
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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