Table 3.

Partial differential diagnosis of MS.

1. Hysteria and somatization disorders.

2. Postviral demyelination (acute disseminated encephalomyelitis).

3. Vasculitis affecting the CNS.

4. Spino-cerebellar degenerations.

5. Lyme disease.

6. Neurosarcoidosis.

7. Stroke in the young.

8. Inherited white matter diseases (leukodystrophies).

9. Non-specific MRI abnormalities.