Revisiones_bibliográficas TyO_Web: Anatomía y patología neural del cuello / Neural Anatomy and Pathology of the Neck

Febrero 7, 2017. No. 2593

Imágenes de Alta Resolución de la Anatomía Neural y la Patología del Cuello.

High-resolution Imaging of Neural Anatomy and Pathology of the Neck.

Lee JH1, Cheng KL2, Choi YJ1, Baek JH1.

Korean J Radiol. 2017 Jan-Feb;18(1):180-193. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2017.18.1.180. Epub 2017 Jan 5.

Abstract

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.

KEYWORDS: Anatomy; Brachial plexus; Cervical plexus; Cervical vertebrae; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neck; Pathology; Spinal accessory nerve; Sympathetic ganglion; Vagus nerve

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