Is MR Imaging of the Cervical Spinal Cord Sufficient for Patients with Suspected Multiple Sclerosis?
Though the majority of lesions can be detected in an isolated examination of the upper part of the SC, some patients showed lesions exclusively below the 3rd thoracic vertebral body. We recommend routine scanning of the whole SC in suspected MS.
Authors
- Nico Sollmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8120-2223)
- Malek El Husseini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2952-3708)
- Laura Harabacz
- Matthias Bussas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2228-6487)
- Viktor Pineker
- Isabelle Riederer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7856-8283)
- Markus Lauerer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5711-0054)
- Claus Zimmer
- Jan S Kirschke
- Mark Mühlau
Institutions
- Tumaini University (TZ)
- University Hospital Ulm (DE)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Neuroradiology
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-025-01613-5
- Primary Topic
- Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00