Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5485798 | Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology | 2016 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Optic nerve sheath diameter quantification by transbulbar B-mode sonography is a recently validated technique, but its clinical relevance in relapse-free multiple sclerosis patients remains unexplored. In an open-label, comparative, cross-sectional study, we aimed to assess possible differences between patients and healthy controls in terms of optic nerve sheath diameter and its correlation with clinical/paraclinical parameters in this disease. Sixty unselected relapse-free patients and 35 matched healthy controls underwent transbulbar B-mode sonography. Patients underwent routine neurologic examination, brain magnetic resonance imaging and visual evoked potential tests. The mean optic nerve sheath diameter 3 and 5 mm from the eyeball was 22-25% lower in patients than controls and correlated with the Expanded Disability Status Scale (r = â0.34, p = 0.048, and r = â0.32, p = 0.042, respectively). We suggest that optic nerve sheath diameter quantified by transbulbar B-mode sonography should be included in routine assessment of the disease as an extension of the neurologic examination.
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Authors
Roberto De Masi, Stefania Orlando, Aldo Conte, Sergio Pasca, Rocco Scarpello, Pantaleo Spagnolo, Antonella Muscella, Antonella De Donno,