Category: Visual Diagnosis
Posted: 4/29/2012 by Haney Mallemat, MD
(Updated: 4/30/2012)
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68 yo man presents with new-onset seizures; his CT is shown below. What is your differential diagnosis?
Cerebral Ring-Enhancing Lesions
Neoplasm
Infectious
Neurologic
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Garg, R., Sinha, M. Multiple ring-enhancing lesions of the brain. J Postgrad Med. 2010 Oct-Dec; 56(4):307-16
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