Multiple sclerosis masquerading as Alzheimer-type dementia: Clinical, radiological and pathological findings

Conclusions:
Multiple sclerosis (MS) can cause severe cortical dysfunction and mimic ADem. Cortical demyelination is not well detected by standard imaging modalities and may not be detected on autopsy without myelin immunohistochemistry.

Source: Multiple Sclerosis - March 23, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Tobin, W., Popescu, B., Lowe, V., Pirko, I., Parisi, J., Kantarci, K., Fields, J., Bruns, M., Boeve, B., Lucchinetti, C. Tags: Short Reports Source Type: research