A case of florid intracerebral reaction to haematoma mimicking a tumour.
We present a patient with a suspected intracerebral malignant lesion admitted with signs and symptoms of an intracerebral mass lesion and managed operatively. Histological diagnosis demonstrated papillary endothelial hyperplasia (Masson's tumour). This highlights the ability of benign reactive processes associated with intracerebral haematoma to clinically and radiologically mimic neoplastic lesions.
Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK. feyitaiwo@yahoo.com
Feyisara
F
Taiwo
Peter
P
Cowley
Colin
C
Shieff
Malcolm
M
Galloway
Mary
M
Murphy
D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000473:pathology*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed