Balò's concentric sclerosis presenting with benign clinical course and multiple sclerosis-like lesions on magnetic resonance images.

@article{Li2009BalsCS,
  title={Bal{\`o}'s concentric sclerosis presenting with benign clinical course and multiple sclerosis-like lesions on magnetic resonance images.},
  author={Yongmei Li and Peng Xie and Xiao-dong Fan and Hua-min Tang},
  journal={Neurology India},
  year={2009},
  volume={57 1},
  pages={
          66-8
        }
}
Balò's concentric sclerosis (BCS) is a rare primary demyelinating disease of central nervous system (CNS) and is considered to be a variant of multiple sclerosis (MS). It is characterized by a severe, rapidly evolving course with CNS lesions consisting of concentric rings of demyelination alternating with myelination in the white matter. We report a patient with BCS from mainland China diagnosed on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. In addition to two contrast enhanced open ring lesions… 
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The similarities between typical MS, TD and BCS cases are explored, the potential insights that intermediate or overlapping phenotypes may contribute towards an understanding of MS immunopathogenesis are reflected, and whether these atypical forms of demyelination should be classified as separate demYelinating diseases.
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Balo’s concectric sclerosis is a disease with a variable clinical course, not always fatal as previously described, but mortality is high (up to 40%), being CASO CLINICO.
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