Multiple sclerosis masquerading as a mass lesion.
Six patients presenting with new neurological deficits underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that displayed mass lesions leading to diagnoses of tumor or abscess. Biopsy revealed demyelinating lesions.
Giang
D W
DW
Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York.
Poduri
K R
KR
Eskin
T A
TA
Ketonen
L M
LM
Friedman
P A
PA
Wang
D D
DD
Herndon
R M
RM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000473:pathology