Bilge Piri Çinar1, Serkan Özakbaş2. 1. Department of Neurology, Samsun Education and Researche Hospital, Samsun, Turkey. 2. Department of Neurology, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmır, Turkey.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) is a clinical state that proceeds with inflammation and demyelination, suggestive of multiple sclerosis (MS) in the central nervous system in the absence of other alternative diagnoses. The purpose of this study was to determine in a prospective cohort, the predictor factors in conversion from CIS to MS on the basis of clinical, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings. METHODS: Forty-one CIS patients were included in this study and followed up for at least two years. RESULTS: Clinically, polysymptomatic or sensorial involvement, good prognostic factors and complete response to pulse therapy were found to be of prognostic value in conversion to MS. A greater presence of oligoclonal bands in CSF was identified in the converted group (92.8%). In terms of localization, presence of callosal lesion (71.4%), periventricular lesion (97.1%), Gd-enhanced lesion (48.6%), black hole (54.2%) and brainstem lesion (57.1%) was statistically significant in terms of conversion to MS. CONCLUSION: A carefully performed neurological assessment of symptoms and signs, and evaluation of lesions on MR combined with CSF findings are important for identifying the risk of conversion to MS. This information may be useful when considering treatment in CIS patients instead of waiting for conversion to MS.
OBJECTIVE: Clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) is a clinical state that proceeds with inflammation and demyelination, suggestive of multiple sclerosis (MS) in the central nervous system in the absence of other alternative diagnoses. The purpose of this study was to determine in a prospective cohort, the predictor factors in conversion from CIS to MS on the basis of clinical, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings. METHODS: Forty-one CIS patients were included in this study and followed up for at least two years. RESULTS: Clinically, polysymptomatic or sensorial involvement, good prognostic factors and complete response to pulse therapy were found to be of prognostic value in conversion to MS. A greater presence of oligoclonal bands in CSF was identified in the converted group (92.8%). In terms of localization, presence of callosal lesion (71.4%), periventricular lesion (97.1%), Gd-enhanced lesion (48.6%), black hole (54.2%) and brainstem lesion (57.1%) was statistically significant in terms of conversion to MS. CONCLUSION: A carefully performed neurological assessment of symptoms and signs, and evaluation of lesions on MR combined with CSF findings are important for identifying the risk of conversion to MS. This information may be useful when considering treatment in CIS patients instead of waiting for conversion to MS.
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