Mimicking multiple sclerosis - Ghost tumor that comes and goes in different parts of the brain without any treatment

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Submitted: June 27, 2019
Published: Jul 9, 2019
DOI: 10.29328/journal.jnnd.1001020

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Long Ching
Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
Ming Him Yuen
Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
Tak Lap Poon
Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
Fung Ching Cheung
Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
Shun Hin Ting
Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
Wing Chi Fong
Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong

Abstract

Lesions that spontaneously come and go in central nervous system without any treatment at different time points and at different locations (CNS) usually lead ones to think of the possibilities of multiple sclerosis. However, sometimes there are exceptions. Surgical biopsy remains an important tool for definitive diagnosis in difficult cases. We report a case of intracranial diffuse large B cell lymphoma that spontaneously disappeared without any treatment and then reappeared at different time points and different locations.

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Ching, L., Yuen, M. H., Poon, T. L., Cheung, F. C., Ting, S. H., & Chi Fong, W. (2019). Mimicking multiple sclerosis - Ghost tumor that comes and goes in different parts of the brain without any treatment. Journal of Neuroscience and Neurological Disorders, 3(2), 087–090. https://doi.org/10.29328/journal.jnnd.1001020
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