A 42-Year-Old Woman With Rapidly Expanding White Matter Lesions: From the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Case Conference Proceedings

Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2024 May;11(3):e200201. doi: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000200201. Epub 2024 Jan 29.

Abstract

A 42-year-old woman and active cocaine user complained of subacutely worsening blurred vision and imbalance. Examination of the brain MRI showed rapidly expanding white matter lesions. Brain biopsy was consistent with inflammatory demyelination. Given an unusual presentation and a history of cocaine use, a broad differential diagnosis was considered including neurologic toxidromes.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cocaine*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Multiple Sclerosis* / pathology
  • Neuroimaging
  • White Matter* / diagnostic imaging
  • White Matter* / pathology

Substances

  • Cocaine