Marleine Tremblay MD, MSc, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Raffat Tahira Ahmad MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Daniel Anthony Falco DO, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Bimal Bharatkumar Patel DO, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Dheeraj Reddy Gopireddy MD, MPH, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Anastasia Frances Barron DO, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Cranial nerve anatomy is complex. Proper evaluation of patients with cranial neuropathies requires good knowledge of the course of these small frequently indistinct structures Etiologies of cranial neuropathies are diverse, and pathology often cause enhanced depiction of cranial nerve course on MRI Cranial nerves can serve as tumoral dissemination routes (leukemia, metastatic disease) Common primary malignancies of peripheral nerves include nerve sheath tumors, glomus jugulare tumors and meningiomas Inflammatory/autoimmune/infectious processes involving cranial nerves include sarcoidosis, herpes simplex and multiple sclerosis

1. To review the course of cranial nerves using pathology to enhance depiction of their complex courses on MRI 2. To review multiple etiologies of cranial neuropathies      a. Their MRI features      b. Their management and follow up 3. To present a checklist of specific segments that must be scrutinized in the evaluation of each cranial nerve.

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Tremblay, M, Ahmad, R, Falco, D, Patel, B, Gopireddy, D, Barron, A, Pathology Enhanced MRI: Unveiling the Hidden Cranial Nerves.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14002492.html