This poster was previously presented in Spanish at the 2012 Congreso Nacional SERAM (Granada)
Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Inflammation, Oedema, Diagnostic procedure, Education, MR, Neuroradiology peripheral nerve, Neuroradiology brain
Authors:
L. Valls Masot, A. M. Quiles Granado, J. Puig Alcántara, L. Ramió-Torrentà, S. Pedraza Gutiérrez; Girona/ES
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2013/C-0285
Background
The 2005 McDonald criteria,
based on the Barkhof-Tintoré criteria for establishing dissemination in space of lesions in the central nervous system,
were the best-known criteria in the diagnosis of patients with MS.
However,
they have been recently revised and modified so that new 2010 McDonald criteria are currently used.
The analysis of diagnostic criteria evolution on MRI evidence:
a) An effort to simplify the demonstration of the dissemination in space.
b) A clear intention to reduce the number of MRI required establishing existence of disseminations in time.
All these changes have increased sensitivity in the early diagnosis of MS patients,
with preservation of accuracy and specificity.
At the same time,
it has been managed to standardise their application across different populations as well as to achieve consensus on their usage among neuroradiologists.