Clinical presentation of POMS

Female to male ratio 1:1 in prepubertal presentation, increase to 2:1 postpuberty

Common symptoms are sensory, cerebellar, visual (ON), brainstem, pyramidal

More frequent polyfocal presentation at onset 70%

The 2017 McDonald criteria have good specificity of 95% and sensitivity of 71%.

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