J Korean Neurol Assoc.  2005 Oct;23(5):678-681.

Three Cases of Demyelinating Disease mimicking Primary Brain Tumor

• Lee DK
• Seo HJ
• Khang SK
• Kwon SU

Abstract

Inflammatory demyelinating diseases are usually diagnosed based on characteristic clinical and radiological findings. However, some demyelinating diseases have been presented as growing large mass-like lesions, and it is difficult to differentiate those demyelinating lesions from brain tumors. We report three cases of demyelinating diseases mimicking brain tumors. These cases suggest that the inflammatory demyelinating diseases have a wide spectrum and they can present with the same radiological features of brain tumors.

Keyword

Tumefactive demyelinating disease; Multiple sclerosis; Tumor

MeSH Terms

Brain Neoplasms*
Demyelinating Diseases*
Multiple Sclerosis