Occurrence and long-term outcome of tumefactive demyelinating lesions in multiple sclerosis.
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| Title: | Occurrence and long-term outcome of tumefactive demyelinating lesions in multiple sclerosis. |
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| Authors: | Totaro, Rocco, Di Carmine, C., Splendiani, A., Torlone, S., Patriarca, L., Carrocci, C., Sciamanna, S., Marini, C., Carolei, A. |
| Source: | Neurological Sciences. Jul2016, Vol. 37 Issue 7, p1113-1117. 5p. 2 Charts. |
| Subjects: | Multiple sclerosis, Demyelination, Kaplan-Meier estimator, Progression-free survival, Cohort analysis, Disease progression, Prognosis, Functional assessment, Longitudinal method, Magnetic resonance imaging, Survival analysis (Biometry), Proportional hazards models, Disease complications |
| Abstract: | Although tumefactive multiple sclerosis is a well recognized variant of multiple sclerosis, prognostic uncertainty still exists about long term prognosis. The aim of this study was to estimate the occurrence and long term outcome of tumefactive demyelinating lesions (TDLs) in a cohort of multiple sclerosis patients. We reviewed brain MRI of 443 patients referred to our MS clinic. All patients meeting the McDonald criteria for multiple sclerosis and showing at least one TDL were included. Kaplan-Meier estimates of disease-free survival in patient cohort were compared with control group without TDLs using a log-rank test. Seven cases with TDLs were identified (occurrence 1.58 %). Tumefactive demyelinating lesion recurrence was 16.6 %. Cumulative proportion of patients free from clinical relapse and from new T2 lesions was lower in the control group although not reaching statistical significance (30 vs 50 %; P = 0.666 and 21.7 vs 33.3 %; P = 0.761, respectively). Disability progression analysis showed a not significant trend towards lower probability of remaining progression free for TDL patients (50 vs 61 %; P = 0.295). Occurrence of tumefactive demyelinating lesions in our cohort was higher than those reported in other studies. Overall, TDLs were not predictive of poor outcome in terms of disability progression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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