Computerized axial tomography and diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
Computed axial tomography (C.T.) findings are illustrated in 3 patients who presented with C.T. changes suggesting respectively chronic M.S., acute M.S., and an appearance simulating a malignant tumour. Review of the literature shows that the chronic form with cerebral atrophy and low density lesion...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Revinter Publicações
1983-06-01
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| Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1983000200007&lng=en&tlng=en |
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| Summary: | Computed axial tomography (C.T.) findings are illustrated in 3 patients who presented with C.T. changes suggesting respectively chronic M.S., acute M.S., and an appearance simulating a malignant tumour. Review of the literature shows that the chronic form with cerebral atrophy and low density lesions in the hemispheres is common in patients with a long history and is unlikely to cause diagnostic difficulty. The acute presentation is less common and could be confused with a variety of causes of multiple low density enhancing lesions. The C.T. diagnosis of M.S. is more difficult in rare cases in which plaques cause mass effect and show ring enhancement; all 3 such cases in the literature were subjected to cerebral biopsy. |
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| ISSN: | 1678-4227 |