TUMOR-LIKE EFFECT AS INITIAL PRESENTATION OF PEDIATRIC MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

INTRODUCTION: In both children and adults, magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in cases of multiple sclerosis (MS) has typical indications, where one of the key points for differentiating between demyelinating processes and place-taking processes is the fact that most of the lesions that appear in multiple sclerosis do not cause a mass effect or much edema around them. There are several uncommon subtypes of multiple sclerosis that can appear specifically in adolescents, presenting with a stormy clinical course and accompanied by brain lesions that resemble space-occupying lesions. These include Marburg disease, Balò's concentric sclerosis, and tumefactive MS. These unusual presentations raise the question regarding the ability to distinguish between neoplastic and demyelinating processes. In this article we present two case studies that illustrate this diagnostic dilemma and an accompanying literature review.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:162

Enthalten in:

Harefuah - 162(2023), 10 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 660-665

Sprache:

Hebräisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Menascu, Shay [VerfasserIn]
Pollak, Amir [VerfasserIn]
Warszawer, Yehuda [VerfasserIn]
Bar-On, Shelly [VerfasserIn]
Messika Gold, Naama [VerfasserIn]
Freed, Assaf [VerfasserIn]
Dreyer Alster, Sapir [VerfasserIn]
Vered, Dror [VerfasserIn]
Miron, Shmuel [VerfasserIn]
Achiron, Anat [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Case Reports
English Abstract
Journal Article

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Date Completed 27.12.2023

Date Revised 27.12.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366168134