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Abstract
Non-neoplastic demyelinating processes of the brain with ring enhancing lesions and
mass effect on MRI imaging, mimicking malignant brain tumours, are rare phenomena.
We document the case of a 32 year old male with clinical, radiological and initial
histological findings, suggestive of a malignant brain tumour. Additional investigations
confirmed the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.
This case is significant as the lesion could not be easily distinguished from a malignant
brain tumour on imaging alone. Cases such as this illustrate the importance of considering
a demyelinating process in the differential diagnosis of tumour-like brain lesions.
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Publication history
Accepted:
April 20,
2001
Received:
March 13,
2001
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© 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
