Cerebral granulomatous angiitis simulating brain tumor

A case of surgically verified cerebral granulomatous angiitis, which was mistaken for a brain tumor on computed tomography, is reported. The focal, enhancing lesion was due to multiple confluent infarction caused by the angiitic process.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of computer assisted tomography 1979-08, Vol.3 (4), p.536-538
Hauptverfasser:	Valavanis, A, Friede, R, Schubiger, O, Hayek, J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Brain - blood supply Brain Diseases - diagnostic imaging Brain Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Diagnosis, Differential Granuloma - diagnostic imaging Humans Male Tomography, X-Ray Computed Vasculitis - diagnostic imaging
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Zusammenfassung:	A case of surgically verified cerebral granulomatous angiitis, which was mistaken for a brain tumor on computed tomography, is reported. The focal, enhancing lesion was due to multiple confluent infarction caused by the angiitic process.
ISSN:	0363-8715
DOI:	10.1097/00004728-197908000-00019