title: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis presenting as a solitary brainstem mass.
abstract: A 36 year old woman presented with a subacute brainstem syndrome. MRI showed a solitary, gadolinium enhancing brainstem mass, which on biopsy showed perivenous inflammation and demyelination compatible with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.
authors.affiliation: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scaravilli
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Hirsch
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology*; D004679:Encephalomyelitis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging