Cerebral alveolar echinoccosis mimicking primary brain tumor
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY, cilt.27, sa.2, ss.420-422, 2006 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 27 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2006
- Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.420-422
- Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
We present a case of cerebral infestation by Echinococcosis multilocularis mimicking an infiltrative primary brain tumor. A heavily calcified mass invading the midbrain enhanced in a cauliflower-like fashion with small peripheral nodules present on MR imaging. Perfusion-weighted MR imaging revealed low relative cerebral blood volume within the calcified lesion and peripheral hyperemia. Single-voxel proton MR spectroscopy with an echo time of 135 milliseconds was normal.