Transient spontaneous regression of mass effect with glioma.
A spontaneous regression of the lesion seen in sequential computertomographic scans does not necessarily indicate a non-neoplastic nature of the pathological process. Two patients with pathologically verified glioma of the brain which showed a temporary regression of the mass effect are reported, and the mechanism of the regression of computertomographic mass signs is discussed.
D000368:Aged; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed