title: Neuro-Behçet disease mimicking brain tumor.
abstract: Neuro-Behcet disease is one of the clinical forms of Behcet disease. We report a case of neuro-Behcet disease mimicked a brain tumor. This case was initially considered as a brain tumor from mass lesion with edema at left basal ganglia on radiologic images. The lesion, however, was not neoplasia by pathologic diagnosis. By using steroid therapy, the size had been markedly shrunken on the follow-up images. The clinical symptoms were also improved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, Ritto, Shiga, Japan.
authors.forename: Koushun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone; D008775:Methylprednisolone