Charbel Abdo Habib1, James Garbern, 1,2,
Manju Liu1, Ewart Mark Haacke1
1Radiology, Wayne State University,
Detroit, MI, United States; 2Neurology, Wayne State University,
Detroit, MI, United States
Multiple
sclerosis (MS) is a disease whose etiology until recently has remained a
mystery. A possible explanation for MS has been put forward by Zamboni et al
that it is caused by a chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI). In
this abstract, we show that the iron deposition seen by susceptibility
weighted imaging (SWI) in MS patients is abnormal compared to normal controls
and appears in areas drained by the medial venous drainage system. This
finding is consistent with the CCSVI hypothesis.