While we're on the subject, I have a spinal lesion question -- I know "typical" MS BRAIN lesions have specific characteristics (ovoid, location, etc.) but are there characteristics specific to spinal lesions? I don't have my report in front of me (my initial spinal MRI showed one lesion on my t-spine) but offhand, I only remember "impaired signal".

So, my question is, do spinal lesions, like brain, show characteristics specific to MS or if there was an injury, etc., would it show up on an MRI the same way? I had a really bad back injury before I was dxed and I always wondered if they just assumed the lesion was due to MS because I'd already been dxed, but if it could in fact have been caused by something else.