Tumefactive demyelinating lesions (TDLs),[1-3] previously named as tumor-like inflammatory demyelinating disease[4,5] or demyelinating pseudotumor,[6] are relatively special type of immune-mediated inflammatory demy...Tumefactive demyelinating lesions (TDLs),[1-3] previously named as tumor-like inflammatory demyelinating disease[4,5] or demyelinating pseudotumor,[6] are relatively special type of immune-mediated inflammatory demyelinating lesions in the central nervous system (CNS),[7] which mainly occur within cerebrum,but rarely in spinal cord.TDLs are so named because it mimics brain tumors with such characteristics as less severe symptoms,large lesions with perilesional edema,mass effect and/or enhancement on neuroimaging,and easily misdiagnosed as brain tumors.[8,9]展开更多
文摘Tumefactive demyelinating lesions (TDLs),[1-3] previously named as tumor-like inflammatory demyelinating disease[4,5] or demyelinating pseudotumor,[6] are relatively special type of immune-mediated inflammatory demyelinating lesions in the central nervous system (CNS),[7] which mainly occur within cerebrum,but rarely in spinal cord.TDLs are so named because it mimics brain tumors with such characteristics as less severe symptoms,large lesions with perilesional edema,mass effect and/or enhancement on neuroimaging,and easily misdiagnosed as brain tumors.[8,9]