Category: Visual Diagnosis
Posted: 9/6/2015 by Haney Mallemat, MD
(Emailed: 9/7/2015)
(Updated: 9/7/2015)
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68 year-old man presents with a new-onset seizure. What's the diagnosis and what's in your differential diagnosis?
Ring-enhancing lesion
Differential diagnosis of a ring-enhancing lesion
Neoplasm | Infectious | Neurologic |
Primary brain tumor | Pyogenic Abscess | Multiple Sclerosis |
Primary CNS lymphoma | Tuberculoma | Sarcoidosis |
Metastatic disease | Syphilis | Vasculitis |
Neurocysticercosis | Aneurysm | |
Toxoplasmosis | Resolving hematoma | |
Nocardiosis | Cerebral infarct | |
Cyptococcocus | Post-op changes | |
Aspergillosis |
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