Ultrasound and MRI of nerves for monitoring disease activity and treatment effects in chronic dysimmune neuropathies – current concepts and future directions

4462780848360Chronic dysimmune neuropathies (CDN) are a heterogenous group of acquired inflammatory demyelinating neuropathies including chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies (CIDP), Lewis-Sumner Syndrome (LSS), multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) and other rare entities. CIDP is the most common treatable CDN worldwide. Its prevalence is ranging between approximately 1 to 8.9 cases per 100.000, depending on the diagnostic criteria employed (e.g. AAN or EFNS/PNS criteria) (Laughlin et al., 2009; Lunn et al., 1999; Mahdi-Rogers and Hughes, 2014; Rajabally et al., 2009a, 2009b).

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