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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Khan, ShahNaz Hayat
• Buwembo, Joseph E
• Li, Q

Titel

Concurrence of glioma and multiple sclerosis

Ist Teil von

• Canadian journal of neurological sciences, 2005-08, Vol.32 (3), p.349-351

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A 29-year-old Caucasian female diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) for seven years, presented with a history of headaches and a single episode of new onset seizures. Her physical examination was unremarkable and she was placed on anti-seizure medications. A computed tomography (CT) scan showed a right frontal brain lesion causing minimal mass effect (Figure 1). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a large nonenhancing space occupying lesion in the right frontal lobe, in addition to numerous smaller lesions which were characteristic of MS plaques (Figures 2 & 3). The large lesion was causing mass effect with right to left midline shift (Figures 2, 3A & B). Given the patient’s history, the appearance and unusually large size of the frontal lesion, it was unclear whether it was a demyelinating MS plaque, or an intra-axial tumour.