Multiple Sclerosis Abnormal Thoracic Spine Mri
Magnetic resonance imaging of spinal cord lesions in multiplesclerosis.
Multiple sclerosis abnormal thoracic spine mri. Spinal cord lesions are common in ms. The radiologist report states the following. Virtually everyone with multiple sclerosis ms has signs of lesions in the brain as shown by magnetic. Widespread use of mri magnetic resonance imaging has revolutionized the ability to diagnose multiple sclerosis.
I am afraid you will have to probably wait until you see your doctor again. Although with the optic neuritis you would expect to see more in the brain mri. Multiple lesions in different regions of the brain but also in time. I am sorry that i cant help any more.
Multiple sclerosis patientswithillness ofdurationgreaterthan 10years theseareasofabnormalt2. A few scattered t1 and t2 hyperintense lesions are present most consistent with typical vertebral hemangiomata. Ms lesions on the spinal cord can be seen on an mri scan as shown here. About 5 of people with multiple sclerosis don t have lesions in the brain that show up on the test.
Numbers in parentheses are sublistings of abnormal. Multiple sclerosis ms is a relatively common acquired chronic relapsing demyelinating disease involving the central nervous system and is the second most common cause of neurological impairment in young adults after trauma 19 characteristically and by definition multiple sclerosis is disseminated not only in space i e. Practice essentials magnetic resonance imaging mri was first used to visualize multiple sclerosis ms in the upper cervical spine in the late 1980s. I had an mri 3t of the t spine.
There does seem to be more issues in your thoracic mri but these would not cause the optic neuritis. Ms lesions on the thoracic area are less common in ms. Sometimes the number of spinal lesions identified from an mri can provide the doctor. Normal thoracic vertebral alignment is present without subluxation.
Disease related changes in the brain or spinal cord are detected by mri in more. Every patient received a scan of the cervical spine but only 34 received thoracic scans.