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Two cases of reversible CT contrast-enhanced lesions simulating brain neoplasms are described. Following steroid therapy and shunting procedure normalization of the clinical signs and of the CT scans occurred.
The role of a vasculomyelinopathy as a possible pathogenetic factor of these lesions is stressed.
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Pau, A., Pirisi, A., Viale, E.S. et al. Reversible contrast-enhanced lesions of basal ganglia and brain stem on computed tomography. Acta neurochir 56, 53–58 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01400971
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