Multiple Sclerosis Abnormal Thoracic Spine Mri
The radiologist report states the following.
Multiple sclerosis abnormal thoracic spine mri. Normal thoracic vertebral alignment is present without subluxation. Although with the optic neuritis you would expect to see more in the brain mri. 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. I am sorry that i cant help any more.
Ms lesions on the thoracic area are less common in ms. Multiple lesions in different regions of the brain but also in time. Practice essentials magnetic resonance imaging mri was first used to visualize multiple sclerosis ms in the upper cervical spine in the late 1980s. An mri result that says things are normal does not absolutely rule out multiple sclerosis.
Sometimes the number of spinal lesions identified from an mri can provide the doctor. Magnetic resonance imaging of spinal cord lesions in multiplesclerosis. I am afraid you will have to probably wait until you see your doctor again. There does seem to be more issues in your thoracic mri but these would not cause the optic neuritis.
Every patient received a scan of the cervical spine but only 34 received thoracic scans. A few scattered t1 and t2 hyperintense lesions are present most consistent with typical vertebral hemangiomata. Disease related changes in the brain or spinal cord are detected by mri in more. 1 s spinal ms is often associated with.
I had an mri 3t of the t spine. Ms lesions on the spinal cord can be seen on an mri scan as shown here. Spinal cord lesions are common in ms. Virtually everyone with multiple sclerosis ms has signs of lesions in the brain as shown by magnetic.
Numbers in parentheses are sublistings of abnormal. Multiple sclerosis patientswithillness ofdurationgreaterthan 10years theseareasofabnormalt2.