Enlargement of the spinal cord: inflammation or neoplasm? (CROSBI ID 740046)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Brinar, Marko ; Radoš, Marko ; Habek, Mario ; Poser, Charles M.
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Enlargement of the spinal cord: inflammation or neoplasm?
Intramedullary spinal tumours are uncommon lesions that can cause significant difficulties in the differential diagnosis between inflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), and vascular malformations or neoplasms. We report five cases in which the history and the clinical symptoms suggested an inflammatory process of the spinal cord but the MRI characteristics were those of neoplastic lesions. Both nonneoplastic and neoplastic intramedullary lesion may have very similar symptoms, and even CSF abnormalities, but in every one of our cases, a more detailed history and longer observation of the clinical course would have led to the correct diagnosis ; in such problem cases, empirical treatment and a follow-up MRI after a month's observation would be a more prudent approach providing that the patient is not rapidly deteriorating.
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Multiple sclerosis; Neoplasm; Spinal cord; Magnetic resonance imaging; Differential diagnosis
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29-x.
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Podaci o matičnoj publikaciji
Neurologia Croatica. Supplement
1331-5196
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29.02.1904-29.02.2096