The role of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of MS in childhood.
MS in the pediatric age group is a rare condition, often diagnosed after a considerable delay. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMR) has proven to be the single most useful diagnostic modality in adult MS patients. We present three patients with childhood MS. NMR demonstrated multiple white matter lesions in the supratentorial and posterior fossa regions consistent with those lesions described by NMR in adults. This report suggests that NMR is a valuable diagnostic procedure in children as well as adults.
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology