Primary demyelinating disease simulating glioma of the corpus callosum: report of three cases

Computerized tomography (CT) has made it easier to distinguish tumoral from nontumoral diseases of the central nervous system. In the presence of mass effect, however, this distinction may be difficult or impossible to make. Primary demyelinating disease may occasionally present as a focal cerebral...

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Published inJournal of neurosurgery Vol. 55; no. 4; p. 620
Main Authors Rieth, K G, Di Chiro, G, Cromwell, L D, McKeever, P E, Kornblith, P L, Kufta, C V, Pleet, A B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.1981
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Adult
Brain Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Brain Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Corpus Callosum - diagnostic imaging
Demyelinating Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Glioma - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Computerized tomography (CT) has made it easier to distinguish tumoral from nontumoral diseases of the central nervous system. In the presence of mass effect, however, this distinction may be difficult or impossible to make. Primary demyelinating disease may occasionally present as a focal cerebral mass. The authors report three cases of primary demyelinating disease of the brain involving the corpus callosum and periventricular white matter and associated with mass effect, which proved difficult to differentiate from infiltrating "butterfly" gliomas.
ISSN:0022-3085
DOI:10.3171/jns.1981.55.4.0620