title: Relapsing-remitting tumefactive multiple sclerosis.
abstract: Tumefactive multiple sclerosis (MS) is a rare form of demyelinating disease. The natural course of the disease has been characterized as presenting with a mass-like demyelinating lesion converting to typical relapsing-remitting disease with future exacerbations. Herein we describe a case of a patient whom over a six-year period developed relapsing-remitting tumefactive MS. The natural course, pathophysiology, prognosis and diagnosis are briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. stephen_selkirk@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Selkirk
authors.forename: Jiong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020529:Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography