title: Brain targets: can you believe your own eyes?
abstract: The unquestionable advantages provided by modern neuroimaging techniques have recently led some to question the duty of the neurologist, traditionally struggling first and foremost to establish the semeiotic localization of brain lesions and only then to interpret them. The present brief report of six clinical patients who came recently to our attention aims to emphasize that the interpretation of neuroimaging results always requires integration with anamnestic, clinical and laboratory data, together with knowledge of nosography and the literature. The solutions of the reported cases always originated from close interaction between the neurologist and the neuroradiologist, based on the initial diagnostic uncertainty linked to the finding of isolated or multiple brain target or ring lesions, too often considered paradigmatic examples of the pathognomonic role of neuroimaging.
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milano Bicocca; Monza, Italy - giovanni_stefanoni@alice.it.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stefanoni
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milano Bicocca; Monza, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tironi
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milano Bicocca; Monza, Italy.
authors.forename: Lucio
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tremolizzo
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milano Bicocca; Monza, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Letizia
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fusco
authors.forename: Jacopo C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: DiFrancesco
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milano Bicocca; Monza, Italy.
authors.forename: Jacopo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Di Francesco
authors.affiliation: Neuroradiology Service, San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milano Bicocca; Monza, Italy.
authors.forename: Mirko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patassini
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milano Bicocca; Monza, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferrarese
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milano Bicocca; Monza, Italy.
authors.forename: Ildebrando
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Appollonio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D020953:Neuroaspergillosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D055752:Small Cell Lung Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology
keywords: CT; MRI; target lesion
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