Pseudotumoral brain lesions: MRI review
Dimitri Renard1, Giovanni Castelnovo2, Anne Le Floch2
1Department of Neurology, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Caremeau, 4, Rue du Pr Debré, 30029, Nîmes Cedex 4, France. dimitrirenard@hotmail.com.
Acta Neurologica Belgica
|November 24, 2016
Abstract:
Single or multiple space-occupying lesions on brain MRI, with or without contrast enhancement and/or perilesional oedema, evoke a neoplastic origin. However, a multitude of non-neoplastic disorders can simulate cerebral neoplasia. In this review, we will discuss the MRI characteristics of non-neoplastic disorders that can mimic cerebral neoplasia. Distinguishing MRI characteristics are discussed for each of these non-neoplastic disorders.
