Cerebellar volume loss in radiologically isolated syndrome

Ilena C. George, Mohamed Mounir El Mendili, Matilde Inglese, Christina J. Azevedo, Orhun Kantarci, Christine Lebrun, Aksel Siva, Darin T. Okuda, Daniel Pelletier

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Abstract

Radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS), in which asymptomatic demyelinating-appearing lesions are detected incidentally on MRI, can be a pre-clinical form of multiple sclerosis (MS). In this study, we measured cerebellar volumes on 3D T1-weighted 3T MR images in 21 individuals with RIS and 38 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HC). Normalized cerebellar white matter volume and the anterior cerebellar gray matter volume were significantly decreased in RIS compared to HC (p = 0.003 and p = 0.005, respectively). Our findings support reports of regional brain atrophy in RIS prior to the development of a seminal attack related to inflammatory demyelination.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)130-133
Number of pages4
JournalMultiple Sclerosis Journal
Volume27
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2021

Keywords

  • Radiologically isolated syndrome
  • brainstem
  • cerebellar atrophy
  • cerebellum
  • multiple sclerosis
  • white matter lesions

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Neurology
  • Clinical Neurology

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