title: A case of pediatric tumefactive demyelinating lesion misdiagnosed and treated as glioblastoma.
abstract: Because of their clinical and neuroradiological features, tumefactive demyelinating lesions, or giant plaques, are easily mistaken for tumors, with a consequent risk of gross errors in the choice of treatment. This article reports a 10-year-old girl who underwent surgery for a left parietal lesion misinterpreted as a glioblastoma which subsequently proved to be a case of giant plaque.
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental Neurology, Istituto Nazionale Neurologico C. Besta, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Daria
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Riva
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chiapparini
authors.forename: Bianca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pollo
authors.forename: Maria Rosa
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Balestrini
authors.forename: Maura
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Massimino
authors.forename: Nicoletta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Milani
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000473:pathology; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D018316:Gliosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed