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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohamadmostafa Jahansouz M.D.[2]

MRI

[Location] MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of [disease name]. Findings on MRI suggestive of/diagnostic of [disease name] include:

• Fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) hyperintense lesion in the pons
• Intramedullary central T2 hyperintensity at axial T2W of spinal cord and sagittal T2W of thoracic spinal cord
• [Finding 2]
• [Finding 3]

OR

There are no MRI findings associated with [disease name]. However, a MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of [disease name], which include:

• [Complication 1]
• [Complication 2]
• [Complication 3]