Multiple sclerosis in a six-year-old boy (case report)

Turk J Pediatr. 1994 Jan-Mar;36(1):81-5.

Abstract

A 6-year-old boy with multiple sclerosis, youngest diagnosed in our hospital, is presented. In addition to the clinical findings, the diagnosis was supported by increased immunoglobulin levels, positive IgG index and oligoclonal bands in the cerebrospinal fluid, normal cranial angiography, typical lesions on the cranial computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multiple Sclerosis / diagnosis*
  • Multiple Sclerosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed