Occurrence of MRI abnormalities in patients with isolated optic neuritis

24 patients with clinically isolated optic neuritis (ON) were examined with MRI. Only 5 patients (22.9%) had a normal MRI scan. The number of detected clinically silent lesions ranged from 0 to 38. They were mainly located in the frontal and parietal white matter. All patients with more than 3 lesio...

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Published inEuropean neurology Vol. 30; no. 6; p. 305
Main Authors Städt, D, Kappos, L, Rohrbach, E, Heun, R, Ratzka, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland 1990
Subjects
Adult
Female
Frontal Lobe - pathology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Optic Neuritis - cerebrospinal fluid
Optic Neuritis - diagnosis
Parietal Lobe - pathology
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Summary:24 patients with clinically isolated optic neuritis (ON) were examined with MRI. Only 5 patients (22.9%) had a normal MRI scan. The number of detected clinically silent lesions ranged from 0 to 38. They were mainly located in the frontal and parietal white matter. All patients with more than 3 lesions on MRI had pathological findings in CSF. There was no correlation between the number and location of lesions and age at onset of ON.
ISSN:0014-3022
DOI:10.1159/000117361