Clinical Study
IgG4-Related Perineural Disease
Table 3
Characteristics of perineural lesions.
| Case | Affected nerve | Performed imaging examinations | Size | Shape | Involved nerve |
| 1 | Right supraorbital nerve | CT (P), MRI (P) | 15 mm | Round | Not visible | Right infraorbital nerve | CT (P), MRI (P) | 25 mm | Lobular | Not visible | Left infraorbital nerve | CT (P), MRI (P) | 26 mm | Lobular | Not visible | Left optic nerve | CT (P), MRI (P) | 12 mm | Lobular | Identifiable (MRI) | 2 | Left optic nerve | CT (P), MRI (CE) | 14 mm | Lobular | Identifiable (MRI) | 3 | Left supraorbital nerve | CT (P), MRI (P) | 10 mm | Round | Not visible | Left optic nerve | CT (P), MRI (P) | 10 mm | Lobular | Identifiable (MRI) | 4 | Right infraorbital nerve | CT (P), MRI (CE) | 8 mm | Round | Not visible | Right optic nerve | CT (P), MRI (CE) | 30 mm | Lobular | Identifiable (MRI) | 5 | Left C6 nerve | CT (P), FDG-PET | 9 mm | Round | Not visible | Right L5 nerve | CT (CE), FDG-PET | 13 mm | Round | Not visible | Right S1 nerve | CT (CE), FDG-PET | 13 mm | Round | Not visible | 6 | Right supraorbital nerve | CT (P), MRI (CE) | 8 mm | Round | Not visible | Right infraorbital nerve | CT (P), MRI (CE) | 12 mm | Round | Not visible | Left supraorbital nerve | CT (P), MRI (CE) | 13 mm | Round | Not visible | Left infraorbital nerve | CT (P), MRI (CE) | 12 mm | Round | Not visible | Right L5 nerve | CT (CE) | 14 mm | Round | Not visible | Left L5 nerve | CT (CE) | 19 mm | Round | Not visible | Right S1 nerve | CT (CE) | 9 mm | Round | Not visible | Left S1 nerve | CT (CE) | 13 mm | Round | Not visible | 7 | Left greater auricular nerve | None | 15 mm* | Round* | Not analyzed |
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P: plain; CE: contrast-enhanced; *macroscopically examined on the resected specimen.
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