Imaging in Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis : An Iconographic Review.

Clinical Neuroradiology
Gonzalo BarrazaCatherine Adamsbaum

Abstract

Pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (POMS) is defined by a first multiple sclerosis (MS) attack occurring before 18 years old and is diagnosed by demonstration of dissemination in time (DIT) and space (DIS). Although guidelines evolved over the years, they always recognized the importance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for diagnosis. The 2017 McDonald criteria are increasingly used and have been validated in several cohorts. The use of MRI is the most important tool for the early diagnosis, monitoring, and assessment of treatment response of MS and standard protocols include precontrast and postcontrast T1, T2, fluid attenuation inversion recovery (FLAIR) and diffusion sequences. A distinctive MS lesion compromises white matter and it is well-demarcated and confluent, showing demyelination, inflammation, gliosis, and relative axonal preservation. Considering the growing recognition of pediatric MS as a differential diagnosis for children presenting with a clinical central nervous system event, we present a POMS lesions guide (periventricular, juxtacortical, infratentorial, spinal cord, cortical, tumefactive, black hole, contrast-enhanced). Owing to its rareness, POMS is a diagnosis by exclusion and MRI plays a fundamental r...Continue Reading

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