title: Biopsy Proven Tumefactive Multiple Sclerosis with Concomitant Glioma: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
abstract: We report a case of pathologically confirmed tumefactive multiple sclerosis (MS) followed shortly thereafter by the diagnosis of an oligoastrocytoma. The complexity of diagnosis and management of concomitant presence of tumefactive MS and glial cell tumors is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago , Maywood, IL , USA.
authors.forename: Esteban E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Golombievski
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago , Maywood, IL , USA.
authors.forename: Matthew A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: McCoyd
authors.affiliation: North Shore University Health System , Evanston, IL , USA.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago , Maywood, IL , USA ; Department of Neurosurgery, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago , Maywood, IL , USA.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Schneck
keywords: demyelination; glial cell tumors; multiple sclerosis; oligoastrocytoma; tumefactive