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Relevance of spinal cord abnormalities to clinical disability in multiple sclerosis: MR imaging findings in a large cohort of patients.

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PURPOSE:To determine whether spinal cord atrophy differs among disease subtypes in multiple sclerosis (MS) and whether it offers diagnostic and clinical correlative information beyond that provided by other magnetic resonance (MR) imaging markers. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The institutional review board approved the study; all subjects gave written informed consent. Upper cervical cord cross-sectional area (UCCA), brain and spinal cord lesion loads, and brain atrophy were measured in 440 patients with MS (311 with relapsing-remitting [RR] MS, 92 with secondary-progressive [SP] MS, and 37 with primary-progressive [PP] MS) studied in two centers. Disability was scored with the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), the timed 25-foot walk test (TWT), and the nine-hole peg test. UCCA was compared between groups with the Mann-Whitney U test. Correlations were assessed with the Spearman ρ test. Multivariate associations between UCCA and clinical and other MR imaging parameters, including number of hypointense brain lesions on T1-weighted MR images, presence of diffuse abnormalities, and number of involved segments in the spinal cord, were assessed by using multiple linear regression, adjusted for study center site. RESULTS:The UCCA in patients with SP MS (median, 79 mm(2); interquartile range, 72.4-84.9 mm(2)) and PP MS (median, 77.3 mm(2); interquartile range, 69-82.5 mm(2)) was significantly smaller (P < .001) than that in patients with RR MS (median, 84 mm(2); interquartile range, 78.7-89.3 mm(2)). UCCA was inversely correlated with EDSS score, TWT, and nine-hole peg test findings (ρ ≤ -0.29, P < .001 for all comparisons). UCCA, number of hypointense brain lesions on T1-weighted MR images, presence of diffuse abnormalities, and number of involved segments in the spinal cord were found to be significant explanatory factors for clinical disability (R(2) = 0.564). The UCCA and the number of hypointense brain lesions on T1-weighted images were the strongest MR imaging parameters for explaining physical disability, as measured with the EDSS. CONCLUSION:Spinal cord abnormalities have a strong effect on clinical disability in MS. MR imaging-derived UCCA was found to be the most significant spinal cord parameter for explaining EDSS score.

journal_name

Radiology

journal_title

Radiology

authors

Lukas C,Sombekke MH,Bellenberg B,Hahn HK,Popescu V,Bendfeldt K,Radue EW,Gass A,Borgwardt SJ,Kappos L,Naegelin Y,Knol DL,Polman CH,Geurts JJ,Barkhof F,Vrenken H

doi

10.1148/radiol.13122566

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-11-01 00:00:00

pages

542-52

issue

eissn

0033-8419

issn

1527-1315

pii

radiol.13122566

journal_volume

269

pub_type

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Relevance of spinal cord abnormalities to clinical disability in multiple sclerosis: MR imaging findings in a large cohort of patients.