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MSJ0010.1177/1352458513517282Multiple Sclerosis JournalRovira
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS MSJ JOURNAL
Clinical Commentary
Tumefactive idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating lesions: a diagnostic challenge
Multiple Sclerosis Journal 2014, Vol. 20(5) 634–635 © The Author(s) 2013 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1352458513517282 msj.sagepub.com
Alex Rovira
Idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating diseases (IIDDs) can present as focal brain lesions that may be clinically and radiographically indistinguishable from high grade primary tumours or other space occupying lesions such as abscess or metastasis.1,2 These tumefactive or pseudotumoural lesions may have a monophasic, self-limited course, but can also correspond to the first manifestation or appears during a typical relapsing form of multiple sclerosis (MS). On computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, these lesions usually present as large (
MSJ0010.1177/1352458513517282Multiple Sclerosis JournalRovira
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS MSJ JOURNAL
Clinical Commentary
Tumefactive idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating lesions: a diagnostic challenge
Multiple Sclerosis Journal 2014, Vol. 20(5) 634–635 © The Author(s) 2013 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1352458513517282 msj.sagepub.com
Alex Rovira
Idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating diseases (IIDDs) can present as focal brain lesions that may be clinically and radiographically indistinguishable from high grade primary tumours or other space occupying lesions such as abscess or metastasis.1,2 These tumefactive or pseudotumoural lesions may have a monophasic, self-limited course, but can also correspond to the first manifestation or appears during a typical relapsing form of multiple sclerosis (MS). On computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, these lesions usually present as large (
