Research Article
Magnetic Resonance Image in Monitor and Diagnosis of Patients with Neuromyelitis Optica
Table 2
Comparison of head and neck MRI in NMO and MS patients (n/%).
| | Lesion site | NMO | MS | χ2 | |
| | Around the lateral ventricle | 5 (17.24) | 38 (84.44) | 32.718 | <0.05 | | Peripheral and midbrain aqueducts and central bulbs of the medulla oblongata | 10 (34.48) | 0 (0.00) | — | <0.05 | | Thalamus | 4 (13.79) | 2 (4.44) | — | >0.05 | | Brain stem | 13 (44.83) | 10 (22.22) | 4.207 | <0.05 | | Carcass | 3 (10.34) | 3 (6.67) | — | >0.05 | | Hypothalamus | 2 (6.90) | 0 (0.00) | — | <0.05 | | Cerebellar involvement | 2 (6.90) | 3 (6.67) | — | >0.05 | | Brain stem extends to cervical spinal cord | 2 (6.90) | 0 (0.00) | — | <0.05 | | Cervical spinal cord abnormality | 30/29 | 8/14 | — | >0.05 |
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