title: Pseudotumoral brain lesions: MRI review.
abstract: Single or multiple space-occupying lesions on brain MRI, with or without contrast enhancement and/or perilesional oedema, evoke a neoplastic origin. However, a multitude of non-neoplastic disorders can simulate cerebral neoplasia. In this review, we will discuss the MRI characteristics of non-neoplastic disorders that can mimic cerebral neoplasia. Distinguishing MRI characteristics are discussed for each of these non-neoplastic disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Caremeau, 4, Rue du Pr Debré, 30029, Nîmes Cedex 4, France. dimitrirenard@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Dimitri
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Renard
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Caremeau, 4, Rue du Pr Debré, 30029, Nîmes Cedex 4, France.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Castelnovo
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Caremeau, 4, Rue du Pr Debré, 30029, Nîmes Cedex 4, France.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Floch
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Caremeau, 4, Rue du Pr Debré, 30029, Nîmes Cedex 4, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Sebastien
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Guillamo
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Caremeau, 4, Rue du Pr Debré, 30029, Nîmes Cedex 4, France.|Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, UMR5203, Université Montpellier 1 et 2, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thouvenot
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Lesion; MRI; Pseudotumoral; Tumefactive; Tumoral