title: Late-onset tumefactive multiple sclerosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, 641-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Taizo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogura
authors.forename: Morio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: Hirohiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanihata
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takasaka
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Minamiguchi
authors.forename: Motoki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itakura
mesh_terms: 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