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19058908

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-2-25
pubmed:abstractText
Here we report two cases of pathologically confirmed tumor-like demyelinating lesions. In comparison with common primary demyelinating diseases, our cases demonstrated atypical radiologic features, such as a large monofocal lesion with mild brain edema, and open ring-like or focal enhancement on magnetic resonance images, suggesting brain tumors. The clinical manifestations included focal neurologic signs due to the lesions, monophasic episodes without relapse over a long follow-up period, and efficacy of oral corticosteroid therapy. Histological analysis of brain biopsy specimens showed the inflammatory demyelination and preserved axons without tumor cells. The present cases suggest the importance of considering inflammatory demyelinating disease in the different diagnosis of monofocal tumor-like lesion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1872-6968
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
111
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
296-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Monofocal large inflammatory demyelinating lesion, mimicking brain glioma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology and Neuromuscular Disorders, Oita University, Faculty of Medicine, Idaigaoka 1-1, Hasama, Yufu, Oita 879-5593, Japan. noriyuki@med.oita-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports