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- Title
Long-term clinical, MRI, and cognitive follow-up in a large cohort of pathologically confirmed, predominantly tumefactive multiple sclerosis.
- Authors
Kalinowska-Lyszczarz, Alicja; Tillema, Jan-Mendelt; Tobin, W Oliver; Guo, Yong; Fitz-Gibbon, Patrick D; Weigand, Stephen D; Giraldo-Chica, Monica; Port, John D; Lucchinetti, Claudia F
- Abstract
Background: Limited studies have described long-term outcomes in pathology confirmed multiple sclerosis (MS). Objectives: To describe long-term clinical–radiographic–cognitive outcomes in a prospectively followed cohort of patients with pathologically confirmed CNS demyelinating disease, consistent with MS. Methods: Subjects underwent clinical assessment, standardized 3T-MRI brain, and cognitive battery. Results: Seventy-five patients were included. Biopsied lesion size was ⩾ 2 cm in 62/75. At follow-up, median duration since biopsy was 11 years. Median EDSS was 3 and lesion burden was large (median 10 cm3). At follow-up, 57/75 met MS criteria, 17/75 had clinically isolated syndrome, and 1 radiographic changes only. Disability scores were comparable to a prevalence cohort in Olmsted County (p < 0.001, n = 218). Cognitive outcomes below age-normed standards included psychomotor, attention, working memory, and executive function domains. Total lesion volume and index lesion-related severity correlated with EDSS and cognitive performance. Volumetric cortical/subcortical GM correlated less than lesion metrics to cognitive outcomes. Conclusion: Despite early aggressive course in pathologically confirmed MS, its long-term course was comparable to typical MS in our study. Cognitive impairment in this group seemed to correlate strongest to index lesion severity and total lesion volume. It remains to be established how the aggressive nature of the lesion, biopsy, and treatment affect clinical/cognitive outcomes.
- Subjects
MULTIPLE sclerosis; DEMYELINATION; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; EXECUTIVE function; COGNITIVE ability
- Publication
Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 2022, Vol 28, Issue 3, p441
- ISSN
1352-4585
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/13524585211024162