an intracranial gliosis mimicking neoplasm: a dilemma
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intracranial gliosis has no typical clinical signals or imaging characteristics. therefore, it can be easily misdiagnosed as neoplasm. hereby, we report a unique case of gliosis that grew outward from the surface of the brain. mri depicted its signal and enhancement pattern similar to the cerebral gray matter. the diagnosis was confirmed by pathology and immunohistochemistry. although it was difficult to reach a diagnosis, correlating its origin, growing pattern and mr features and knowing that gliosis can present this way may help in differentiating it from other diseases.
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iranian journal of radiologyجلد ۱۳، شماره ۲، صفحات ۰-۰
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