Primary Central Nervous System Angiitis Mimicking a Space-Occupying Lesion
Background and Purpose Intracranial space-occupying lesions are a sine qua non for neoplastic lesions; however, occasionally non-neoplastic lesions mimic neoplastic lesions, leading to diagnostic dilemmas. We report our experience with three patients who presented with a progressive hemis...
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| author | Edmond Jonathan Gandham Bimal Patel Vivek Mathew Krishna Prabhu Raju |
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Background and Purpose Intracranial space-occupying lesions are a sine qua non for neoplastic lesions; however, occasionally non-neoplastic lesions mimic neoplastic lesions, leading to diagnostic dilemmas. We report our experience with three patients who presented with a progressive hemispheric syndrome and the diagnostic considerations involved in the cases. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4cb1c57a68204c1d8da51b0bf5ea0f342025-08-20T01:56:46ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Neurosurgery2277-954X2277-91672024-03-01130107608010.1055/s-0042-1743263Primary Central Nervous System Angiitis Mimicking a Space-Occupying LesionEdmond Jonathan Gandham0Bimal Patel1Vivek Mathew2Krishna Prabhu Raju3Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, IndiaDepartment of Pathology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, IndiaDivision of Neurology, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, IndiaDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India Background and Purpose Intracranial space-occupying lesions are a sine qua non for neoplastic lesions; however, occasionally non-neoplastic lesions mimic neoplastic lesions, leading to diagnostic dilemmas. We report our experience with three patients who presented with a progressive hemispheric syndrome and the diagnostic considerations involved in the cases.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-1743263primary CNS angiitiscraniotomycorticosteroidscyclophosphamide |
| spellingShingle | Edmond Jonathan Gandham Bimal Patel Vivek Mathew Krishna Prabhu Raju Primary Central Nervous System Angiitis Mimicking a Space-Occupying Lesion Indian Journal of Neurosurgery primary CNS angiitis craniotomy corticosteroids cyclophosphamide |
| title | Primary Central Nervous System Angiitis Mimicking a Space-Occupying Lesion |
| title_full | Primary Central Nervous System Angiitis Mimicking a Space-Occupying Lesion |
| title_fullStr | Primary Central Nervous System Angiitis Mimicking a Space-Occupying Lesion |
| title_full_unstemmed | Primary Central Nervous System Angiitis Mimicking a Space-Occupying Lesion |
| title_short | Primary Central Nervous System Angiitis Mimicking a Space-Occupying Lesion |
| title_sort | primary central nervous system angiitis mimicking a space occupying lesion |
| topic | primary CNS angiitis craniotomy corticosteroids cyclophosphamide |
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