Abstract:
Accurate Diagnosis of MS: Getting it Right
This Teaching Course focuses on three 30-minute presentations. Each will begin with a brief case, and end with a brief Q&A.
Dr. PK Coyle will discuss diagnostic issues and guidelines, including the rationale for early diagnosis, optimal use of the 2017 revised McDonald criteria, and general misdiagnosis principles.
Dr. Wallace Brownlee will cover differential diagnosis, including the major alternative diagnoses for relapsing or progressive presentations and key diagnostic clues.
Dr. Georgina Arrambide will present pearls on ancillary diagnostic testing, including updates on MRI standardization and novel techniques, use of CSF, optical coherence tomography, and other novel approaches to diagnosis.