Late-onset tumefactive multiple sclerosis.
A patient with tumefactive multiple sclerosis (MS) initially presented at the age of 87 years; the revised diagnostic criteria from the International Panel on MS (2001) were fulfilled. Late-onset MS and tumefactive demyelinating lesions are discussed. This case suggests that MS can occur at any age. MS should be borne in mind for differential diagnosis if a brain tumor-like lesion with little mass effect and edema is found in an elderly patient.
Takeuchi
Taizo
T
Department of Radiology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, 641-8510, Japan.
Ogura
Mitsuhiro
M
Sato
Morio
M
Kawai
Nobuyuki
N
Tanihata
Hirohiko
H
Takasaka
Isao
I
Minamiguchi
Hiroki
H
Nakai
Motoki
M
Itakura
Toru
T
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology