Multiple Sclerosis Mri Cervical Spine Ms Lesions
Magnetic resonance imaging mri was first used to visualize multiple sclerosis ms in the upper cervical spine in the late 1980s.
Multiple sclerosis mri cervical spine ms lesions. Ms lesions on the spinal cord can be seen on an mri scan as shown here. 1 s spinal ms is often associated with concomitant brain. Since myelin coats the nerve fibers that travel through both the brain and the. Observations on the presented cervical spine mr exam when combined with the previous exam confirm this diagnosis.
Spinal ms lesions often occur in the cervical region and less frequently in the lower thoracic spinal cord t7 12 depending on their age ms plaques appear normal or slightly hypointense on t1 weighted images and hyperintense on t2. The spinal cord may be enlarged when the disease is active and is atrophied when chronic. Urinary retention urgency hesitation or incontinence may affect patients. Getty images virtually everyone with multiple sclerosis ms has signs of lesions in the brain as shown by magnetic.
Spinal cord lesions in ms can cause a number of genito urinary difficulties including impotence fertility issues or loss of sensation in the genitals or problems with vaginal lubrication in women.