Cystic brain metastases radiologically simulating neurocysticercosis

CONTEXT: Brain metastases are common complications of cancer. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the main diagnostic imaging method in these cases, rarely shows cystic images. CASE REPORT: The patient was a 45-year-old woman who had had severe headache for a month that was refractory to medication, a...

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Main Authors: Charlene Troiani, Carla Cristina Barbosa Lopes, Carlos Antônio Scardovelli, Gisele Alborghetti Nai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802011000500011&lng=en&tlng=en