Anaplastic astrocytoma mimicking progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy: a case report and review of the overlapping syndromes

Anaplastic astrocytoma mimicking progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy: a case report and review of the overlapping syndromes

Abstract Background Co-occurrence of multiple sclerosis (MS) and glial tumours (GT) is uncommon although occasionally reported in medical literature. Interpreting the overlapping radiologic and clinical characteristics of glial tumours, MS lesions, and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML...

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Main Authors: Ema Kantorová, Michal Bittšanský, Štefan Sivák, Eva Baranovičová, Petra Hnilicová, Vladimír Nosáľ, Daniel Čierny, Kamil Zeleňák, Wolfgang Brück, Egon Kurča
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Anaplastic astrocytoma
Multiple sclerosis
Tumefactive lesion
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
Immune reconstitution syndrome
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3415-1

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