Multiple Sclerosis Abnormal Cervical Spine Mri
The pathology was the result of prior head and neck trauma.
Multiple sclerosis abnormal cervical spine mri. A type of imaging test called an mri scan is an important tool in diagnosing ms. All eight ms patients entered the study on a first come first serve basis. Disease related changes in the brain or spinal cord are detected by. In multiple sclerosis ms by definition lesions are separated in space and time.
Magnetic resonance imaging mri was first used to visualize multiple sclerosis ms in the upper cervical spine in the late 1980s. Multiple sclerosis ms of the spine. 1 s spinal ms is often associated with concomitant brain. The diagnosis is made from a combination of clinical imaging and laboratory findings.
Multiple sclerosis ms is the most common demyelinating process involving the central nervous system. Observations on the presented cervical spine mr exam when combined with the previous exam confirm this diagnosis. The upright mri has demonstrated pronounced anatomic pathology of the cervical spine in five of the ms patients studied and definitive cervical pathology in the other three. Mri stands for magnetic resonance imaging mri can reveal telltale areas of damage called lesions or plaques on.