Background A 37-year-old woman without important previous medical history presented to an emergency room with acute onset of left-sided weakness and numbness. Examination revealed left-sided ...

"Seventeen of the patients in our study had brain pathology available, all of whom had findings typical of multiple sclerosis. Immunopathological phenotyping was performed in 13 patients, all of whom ...

Baló's concentric sclerosis (BCS) has long been considered to be a variant of multiple sclerosis. Although BCS was initially described over 100 years ago, relatively few antemortem cases have been ...

Balo's disease, a rare variant of multiple sclerosis (MS), is a demyelinating disorder of the CNS in which the myelin (the fatty substance that covers nerve fibers) is destroyed. Balo’s disease is ...

"Patients often share different aspects of their disease with different members of the care team," says Robert Bermel, MD of Cleveland Clinic. Listen to more of his insights about treatment adherence ...

BCS can affect any area of the brain, optic chiasm, or spinal cord, so it could potentially cause almost any neurological symptom. Typical events attributable to BCS can include episodes of numbness, ...