cranial nerve symptoms with CMT

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Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease: Extensive Cranial Nerve Involvement on CT

and MR Imaging.

Aho TR, Wallace RC, Pitt AM, Sivakumar K.

Section of Neuroradiology, St. ph's Hospital and Medical Center,

Barrow Neurologic Institute, Phoenix, AZ. Division of Neurology,

Neuromuscular Diseases Section, St. ph's Hospital and Medical

Center, Barrow Neurologic Institute, Phoenix, AZ.

Summary: We report a case of genetically verified Charcot-Marie-Tooth

disease in which the patient had cranial nerve symptoms. CT and MR

imaging demonstrated enlargement of several cranial nerves, as well as

their skull-base foramina, with faint contrast material enhancement

identified.