Tumor-like presentation of multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis patients may present with clinical data suggestive of cerebral tumor, however, most of the lesions do not show expansive signs in computerized tomography of brain or magnetic resonance imaging. We report in this paper, 2 patients who had shown expansive radiological signs suggesti...

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Published inSaudi medical journal Vol. 21; no. 4; p. 393
Main Author Al-Bunyan, M A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Saudi Arabia 01.04.2000
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Anti-Inflammatory Agents - therapeutic use
Biopsy
Brain Diseases - complications
Brain Diseases - diagnosis
Brain Diseases - drug therapy
Diagnosis, Differential
Dizziness - etiology
Electroencephalography
Gait
Hemiplegia - etiology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Multiple Sclerosis - complications
Multiple Sclerosis - diagnosis
Multiple Sclerosis - drug therapy
Speech Disorders - etiology
Steroids
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vomiting - etiology
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Summary:Multiple sclerosis patients may present with clinical data suggestive of cerebral tumor, however, most of the lesions do not show expansive signs in computerized tomography of brain or magnetic resonance imaging. We report in this paper, 2 patients who had shown expansive radiological signs suggestive of neoplasm. Cerebral biopsy was an important diagnostic procedure in these 2 cases which revealed the diagnosis of demyelinating disease.
ISSN:0379-5284