Concurrence of multiple sclerosis and brain tumor: clinical considerations.

Publication/Presentation Date

5-1-1997

Abstract

We report a patient with multiple sclerosis (MS) who developed an oligodendroglioma 8 years after the initial diagnosis of MS. This is the first description of a neoplasm, suspected initially on brain MRI and subsequently confirmed by brain biopsy, in an MS patient. Our case emphasizes the need to evaluate atypical brain MRI lesions carefully, even in well-established MS patients, as well as to obtain a tissue diagnosis of such lesions whenever possible in order to determine their precise etiology.

Volume

48

Issue

5

First Page

1330

Last Page

1333

ISSN

0028-3878

Disciplines

Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology

PubMedID

9153467

Department(s)

Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging

Document Type

Article

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