Table 3.

Possible MRN indications in the head and neck area

Indication	Reference
Chronic demyelinating neuropathies	Own experience, unpublished
Cranial neuralgias	Hwang et al22
Follow-up of regeneration (e.g. after nerve surgery)	Not available
Traumatic neuropathies Maxillofacial trauma Post-traumatic cranial neuropathies	Burian et al73, Dessouky et al20, Zuniga et al62
Nerve sheath tumors	Chhabra et al74
Surgical planning involving cranial nerves	Dessouky et al20
Viral, bacterial neuritis (e.g. Bell’s palsy)	Own experience, unpublished

MRN, magnetic resonance neurography.