Humera Ahsan, Muhammad Zafar Rafique, Fozia Ajmal, Mohsin Wahid, Muhammad Azeemuddin, Farah Iqbal.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) findings in white matter disease of brain Demyelinating and dysmyelinating white matter
J Pak Med Assoc Feb 2008;58(2):86-8.
The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi
diseases are important components of neurological problems. Recently, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has played a key role in diagnoses of white matter diseases. Therefore, the purpose of the current study is to evaluate the usefulness of MRI in determining the type and frequency of white matter disease. We studied 35 patients who visited the Radiology Department of the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) for MRI with suspected demyelinating/dysmyelinating disorder from January 2003 to December 2005. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) (17; 48%) and leukodystrophies (10; 29%) were the most common diseases. The MRI helped identify the sites and types of the lesion precisely and thereby. helped made clearer. distinction between various types of white matter diseases. The current study demonstrated the effective use of the imaging and clinical presentation for arriving at the correct diagnosis.
Category: Radiology
Keywords: Magnetic Resonance Imaging. MRI. Demyelination.
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