title: Multiple sclerosis and brain tumor: a diagnostic challenge.
abstract: Multiple sclerosis may present as a lesion indistinguishable clinically and radiologically from brain tumor. A case of multiple sclerosis is reported with clinical and radiologic features of a brain tumor. A brain biopsy was later undertaken that provided pathological confirmation of the diagnosis of this demyelinating disease. This case report in conjunction with those in the literature indicate that conservative treatment with steroid therapy and serial computed tomography should establish the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis without the need for surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22908.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Paley
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Persing
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Doctor
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Westwater
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Roberson
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Edlich
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D011241:Prednisone