Multiple sclerosis

  • MacDonald criteria
  • Dissemination in space: T2 hyperintense lesions ≥ 3mm in at least two of the classically affected areas
    • Periventricular white matter
    • Spinal cord
    • Infratentorial brain
    • Juxtacortical white matter
    • Cerebral cortex (an addition of recent revision)
  • Dissemination in time
    • Presence of both gadolinium-enhancing and non-enhancing lesions on a single study
    • Presence of new lesions demonstrating hyperintensity on T2
    • Gadolinium enhancement on subsequent studies