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Could A Pale Optic Nerve, Found During A Brain MRI, Be Indicative Of Multiple Sclerosis (MS)?
My husband has had a MRI done on his brain.They discovered a pale optic nerve. Searching on computer,Multiple Sclerosis is mentioned with this diagnosis. Does that mean he will have MS or there is a chance of having it?
We don't really understand what this diagnosis means. My email address is YYYY@YYYY
We don't really understand what this diagnosis means. My email address is YYYY@YYYY
Wed, 29 Jan 2014
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
Pale optic nerve on MRI brain is not a specific diagnosis for MS or any other disease. Pale optic disc can be seen by eye examination.
On MRI, we need to find white matter lesions in certain parts of brain, such as periventricular, corpus callosum, posterior fossa, etc to make a diagnosis of MS.
In addition, a person needs to have symptoms suggestive of MS, such as decreased vision in one eye, to give any significance to the optic nerve finding.
I hope my reply has helped you.
I would be pleased to answer, if you have any follow up queries or if you require any further information.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,
For DIRECT QUERY to me: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My blog: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.com/
Thank you for posting your query.
Pale optic nerve on MRI brain is not a specific diagnosis for MS or any other disease. Pale optic disc can be seen by eye examination.
On MRI, we need to find white matter lesions in certain parts of brain, such as periventricular, corpus callosum, posterior fossa, etc to make a diagnosis of MS.
In addition, a person needs to have symptoms suggestive of MS, such as decreased vision in one eye, to give any significance to the optic nerve finding.
I hope my reply has helped you.
I would be pleased to answer, if you have any follow up queries or if you require any further information.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,
For DIRECT QUERY to me: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My blog: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.com/
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