Recurrent Fulminant Tumefactive Demyelination With Marburg-Like Features and Atypical Presentation: Therapeutic Dilemmas and Review of Literature

Recurrent Fulminant Tumefactive Demyelination With Marburg-Like Features and Atypical Presentation: Therapeutic Dilemmas and Review of Literature

Atypical forms of demyelinating diseases with tumor-like lesions and aggressive course represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for neurologists. Herein, we describe a 50-year-old woman presenting with subacute onset of left hemiparesis, memory difficulties and headache. Brain MRI revealed a...

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Main Authors: Aigli G. Vakrakou, Dimitrios Tzanetakos, Theodore Argyrakos, Georgios Koutsis, Maria-Eleptheria Evangelopoulos, Elisabeth Andreadou, Maria Anagnostouli, Marianthi Breza, John S. Tzartos, Elias Gialafos, Antonios N. Dimitrakopoulos, Georgios Velonakis, Panagiotis Toulas, Leonidas Stefanis, Constantinos Kilidireas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
tumefactive multiple sclerosis
brain biopsy
rituximab
cyclophosphamide
marburg-variant
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2020.00536/full

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