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Case Reports
. 2017 Aug 14:6:101.
doi: 10.4103/abr.abr_625_13. eCollection 2017.

Coexistence of Multiple Sclerosis and Brain Tumor: An Uncommon Diagnostic Challenge

Fatemeh Abrishamchi  1 , Fariborz Khorvash  1
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Case Reports

Coexistence of Multiple Sclerosis and Brain Tumor: An Uncommon Diagnostic Challenge

Fatemeh Abrishamchi et al. Adv Biomed Res. .

Abstract

Nonneoplastic demyelinating processes of the brain with mass effect on magnetic resonance imaging can cause diagnostic difficulties. It requires differential diagnosis between the tumefactive demyelinating lesion and the coexistence of neoplasm. We document the case of 41-year-old woman with clinical and radiological findings suggestive of multiple sclerosis. Additional investigations confirmed the coexistence of astrocytoma. This report emphasizes the importance of considering brain tumors in the differential diagnosis of primary demyelinating disease presenting with a cerebral mass lesion.

Keywords: Astrocytoma; brain tumor; multiple sclerosis.

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Figure 1
High-signal lesions in the left frontal lobe involving corpus callosum on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery imaging
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Figure 2
High-signal lesions in the left frontoparietal lobe involving corpus callosum on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery imaging
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Figure 3
High-signal plaques around the corpus callosum and high-signal lesion in left parasagittal area in T2-weighted imaging
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