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Lesional demyelinations of the central nervous system

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Dawson's Fingers appearing on an MRI scan

"Dawson's Fingers" is a condition affecting the brain of Multiple Sclerosis patients. The condition is the result of inflamation around long axis of medular veins. This results in a finger-like appearance of the lesions extending mainly off the ventricles within the brain. This morphologic appearance is named after the Scottish pathologist James Walker Dawson [1], who first defined the condition in 1916.

Sources:

  1. ^ Dawson, J.W.: The histology of disseminated sclerosis. Trans Roy Soc Edinb, 50: 517, 1916.
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