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Tumefactive Demyelinating Lesions: An Illustrative Pediatric Case With an Atypical Presentation and Literature Review

Cureus
Tumefactive demyelinating lesions remain a rare entity and a source of diagnostic difficulty. Here, we report the case of a teenage girl who presented with a one-month history of progressive quadriparesis and symptoms of intracranial hypertension.
M. Moro, N. Louhab, M. Chraa, Najib Kissani   +3 more
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Tumor-like Lesions in Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System: The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Differential Diagnosis

Diagnostics
Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System (PACNS) is a rare disease and its diagnosis is a challenge for several reasons, including the lack of specificity of the main findings highlighted in the current diagnostic criteria.
Marialuisa Zedde, Manuela Napoli, Claudio Moratti, Claudio Pavone, Lara Bonacini, Giovanna Di Cecco, Serena D’Aniello, Ilaria Grisendi, Federica Assenza, Grégoire Boulouis, Thanh N. Nguyen, Franco Valzania, Rosario Pascarella   +12 more
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Elevated Serum IgG4 Levels in a Young Patient with Polyserositis and Necator americanus Infection

Case Reports in Immunology, 2018
IgG4-related disease is a fibroinflammatory systemic condition characterized by tumefactive lesions, lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate rich in IgG4-positive plasma cells, storiform fibrosis, and elevated serum IgG4 concentrations.
Giuseppe D. Sanna, Roberto Manetti, Valentina de Filippo, Sergio Babudieri   +3 more
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Tumefactive dilated perivascular space with spontaneous regression. [PDF]

Radiol Case Rep
Tumefactive (giant) perivascular spaces of the brain are a rare benign lesion that may occasionally result in localized neurological symptoms and typically do not change in appearance on subsequent imaging studies.
Sargent TB, Patel V, Stone JA.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Tumor or demyelination? Three tumefactive multiple sclerosis case reports and literature review.

World Neurosurgery
OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical diagnosis and treatment of tumefactive multiple sclerosis (TMS). METHODS Clinical data, laboratory and imaging examinations, and treatment of three patients with TMS were retrospectively analyzed. Data were further
Feiteng Qi, Yong Zhang, Xiang Li, Jie Fan, Haibo Tan, Chao Quan   +5 more
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Coexistence of Multiple Sclerosis and Brain Tumor: An Uncommon Diagnostic Challenge

Advanced Biomedical Research, 2017
Nonneoplastic demyelinating processes of the brain with mass effect on magnetic resonance imaging can cause diagnostic difficulties. It requires differential diagnosis between the tumefactive demyelinating lesion and the coexistence of neoplasm.
Fatemeh Abrishamchi, Fariborz Khorvash
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Enlarged tumefactive perivascular, or Virchow-Robin, spaces and hydrocephalus: do we need to treat? Illustrative cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons
BACKGROUND Perivascular spaces (PVSs) are spaces in brain parenchyma filled with interstitial fluid surrounding small cerebral vessels. Massive enlargements of PVSs are referred to as “giant tumefactive perivascular spaces” (GTPVSs), which can be ...
MD Belal Neyazi, MD Vanessa Magdalena Swiatek, MD Klaus-Peter Stein, MD Karl Hartmann, MD Ali Rashidi, MD Seraphine Zubel, MD Amir Amini, MD I. Erol Sandalcioglu   +7 more
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Tumefactive Demyelinating Lesions [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, 2007
Mark Hudon, Richard Farb, A. P. Mitha, J. N. Scott, D. George, A. Hanson, M. E. MacRae, R. B. Bell   +7 more
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Tumefactive Crohn's Disease Mimicking Colon Carcinoma in a Young Female: A Case Report

Cureus
Tumefactive Crohn’s disease is a rare form of Crohn’s disease that may mimic colon carcinoma macroscopically. This case report describes a 28-year-old female who presented with right-sided abdominal pain and a palpable abdominal mass that had persisted ...
Ali Z Ansari, Sania Razzak, Srihita Patibandla, Sarthak Kumar, Sahar Hafeez, Kurt Kratz   +5 more
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A Rare and Challenging Presentation of Acute Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalitis With Tumefactive Demyelinating Lesions in a 41-Year-Old Male

Cureus
Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (AHLE) is a rare and severe inflammatory condition of the central nervous system (CNS), characterized by hemorrhagic lesions in the brain's white matter.
Samar Iltaf Mairajuddin, Jihad Said Salim Inshasi, Raheel Muneer Ahmed Channa, Shaista Anwar Siddiqi, Abubaker Abdul Rahman Shaffi Al Madani, Raya Flayyih   +5 more
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