Tumor-like Lesions in Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System : The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Differential Diagnosis

Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System (PACNS) is a rare disease and its diagnosis is a challenge for several reasons, including the lack of specificity of the main findings highlighted in the current diagnostic criteria. Among the neuroimaging pattern of PACNS, a tumefactive form (t-PACNS) is a rare subtype and its differential diagnosis mainly relies on neuroimaging. Tumor-like mass lesions in the brain are a heterogeneous category including tumors (in particular, primary brain tumors such as glial tumors and lymphoma), inflammatory (e.g., t-PACNS, tumefactive demyelinating lesions, and neurosarcoidosis), and infectious diseases (e.g., neurotoxoplasmosis). In this review, the main features of t-PACNS are addressed and the main differential diagnoses from a neuroimaging perspective (mainly Magnetic Resonance Imaging-MRI-techniques) are described, including conventional and advanced MRI.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) - 14(2024), 6 vom: 14. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zedde, Marialuisa [VerfasserIn]
Napoli, Manuela [VerfasserIn]
Moratti, Claudio [VerfasserIn]
Pavone, Claudio [VerfasserIn]
Bonacini, Lara [VerfasserIn]
Di Cecco, Giovanna [VerfasserIn]
D'Aniello, Serena [VerfasserIn]
Grisendi, Ilaria [VerfasserIn]
Assenza, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Boulouis, Grégoire [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Thanh N [VerfasserIn]
Valzania, Franco [VerfasserIn]
Pascarella, Rosario [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Glioma
HGG
Journal Article
MRI
Mass-like lesion
Neurotoxoplasmosis
PACNS
PCNSL
Review
Sarcoidosis
TDL
Tumefactive lesion
Tumor-like lesion

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Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/diagnostics14060618

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NLM370245881