Brainwaves

Dr. Clyde Markowitz relays his account of the Radiologically Isolated Syndrome and his approach to managing it. BrainWaves podcasts and online content are intended for medical education only and should not be used to guide medical decision making in routine clinical practice. The content in this episode was vetted and approved by Clyde Markowitz for broadcast. REFERENCES 1. Okuda DT, Mowry EM, Beheshtian A, Waubant E, Baranzini SE, Goodin DS, Hauser SL and Pelletier D. Incidental MRI anomalies suggestive of multiple sclerosis: the radiologically isolated syndrome. Neurology. 2009;72:800-5. 2. Barkhof F, Filippi M, Miller DH, Scheltens P, Campi A, Polman CH, Comi G, Ader HJ, Losseff N and Valk J. Comparison of MRI criteria at first presentation to predict conversion to clinically definite multiple sclerosis. Brain. 1997;120 ( Pt 11):2059-69. 3. Granberg T, Martola J, Kristoffersen-Wiberg M, Aspelin P and Fredrikson S. Radiologically isolated syndrome--incidental magnetic resonance imaging findings suggestive o