UMEM Educational Pearls

Category: Neurology

Title: Multiple Sclerosis - MRI Imaging Abnormalities

Keywords: MS, multiple sclerosis, brain, mri, dawson's fingers (PubMed Search)

Posted: 6/23/2010 by Aisha Liferidge, MD (Updated: 4/27/2024)
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a relapsing condition caused by the destruction of myelin sheaths.
Ninety percent of MS-related lesions can be detected on T2 MRI images.
These lesions are typically para-ventricular, sometimes ovoid in shape (referred to as "Dawson's Fingers"), and often located on medullary veins.