Brainstem lesions are associated with diffuse spinal cord involvement in early multiple sclerosis.
Michaela AndelovaKarolina VodehnalovaJan KrasenskyEliska HardubejovaTereza HrnciarovaBarbora SrpovaTomas UherIngrid MenkyovaDominika StastnaLucie FriedovaJiri MotylJana Lizrova PreiningerovaEva Kubala HavrdovaBénédicte MaréchalMário João FartariaTobias KoberDana HorakovaManuela VaneckovaPublished in: BMC neurology (2022)
Diffuse spinal cord lesions are associated with the presence of brainstem lesions and with a lower volume of the thalamus. This association was not found in patients with focal spinal cord lesions. If confirmed, thalamic atrophy in patients with diffuse lesions could increase our knowledge on the worse prognosis in patients with infratentorial and SC lesions.