Lead encephalopathy simulating a cerebral neoplasm in an adult. Case report.
The clinical and pathological findiing in an adult with lead encephalopathy due to moonshine consumption are presented. The remarkable focality of of the edema led both the clinicians and radiologists to consider this a cerebral glioma.
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000209:etiology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000209:etiology