Monday, June 02, 2014

MS Consortium notes 2014 on pathology of MS

Miscellany Consortium 2014

 

MRI pearls

 

1)  T2 much better than flair in post fossa

2)  Black holes can resolve sometimes; these are "active black holes"

3)  Enhancement doesn't equal active lesions;  consider eg. whether used image delay, whether received  recent steroids,  gad dose, fluctuating enhancement

4)  Uspio may be better? Need 24 hour delay to image. Stay positive  longer than gado

 

Pathology types and MRI pearls

 

type 1 associated with macrophages

Type 2 associated with complement deposition and antibodies 

Type 3 associated with apoptosis

type 4 associated with mitochondrial injury

 

MRI correlates

 

Patterns one and 2 sharp border; ring enhancing often is macrophages full of iron patterns; also hypointesne rims; Ring on afc correlates with hypo intense rings but not  with gad ring enhancement

 

Pattern  3 mixed  border, no enhancement

Late progression compartmentaluzed inflamm with no gado enhancement

Includes meningeal inflammation = sub pial and slow progression older lesions these are hard to see even with 8t machines

Some disease is due to mitochondrial activation with oxidative injury

Dir wasn't correlated with path till 2012

 

Patterns of enhancement diffuse modular ring enhancing

Differential diagnosis: 

1,  Adc maps ms v abscess/tumor dark ring arc pattern  V.Isointense ring pattern 

2.  Rapid shifts of adc typical ms not abscess/tumor 

3.  Ring enhancement and rim enhancement and response to plasmapheresis and steroids with type one and two

 

4.  Nmo brain lesions in two and three

 

Concept of heterogeneity across patients and homogeneity within patients key

Also different bio markers

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