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The role of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of MS in childhood

Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology (Dr. Golden), University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, Memphis, TN, and the Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology (Dr. Woody), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR.

MS in the pediatric age group is a rare condition, often diagnosed after a considerable delay. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMR) has proven to be the single most useful diagnostic modality in adult MS patients. We present three patients with childhood MS. NMR demonstrated multiple white matter lesions in the supratentorial and Dosterior fossa regions consistent with those lesions described by NMR in adults. This report suggests that NMR is a valuable diagnostic procedure in children as well as adults.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Woody, Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Arkansas Children's Hospital, 804 Wolfe Street, Little Rock, AR 72202.

Received April 28, 1986. Accepted for publication in final form July 18, 1986.

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