Late-onset tumefactive multiple sclerosis

• Published in: Japanese journal of radiology Vol. 26; no. 9; p. 549
• Main Authors: Takeuchi, Taizo, Ogura, Mitsuhiro, Sato, Morio, Kawai, Nobuyuki, Tanihata, Hirohiko, Takasaka, Isao, Minamiguchi, Hiroki, Nakai, Motoki, Itakura, Toru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Springer Nature B.V 01-11-2008
• Subjects: Aged, 80 and over; Brain - pathology; Brain Edema - etiology; Brain Edema - pathology; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Humans; Multiple Sclerosis - complications; Multiple Sclerosis - diagnosis; Multiple Sclerosis - pathology
• ISSN: 0288-2043; 1867-1071; 1867-108X
• DOI: 10.1007/s11604-008-0273-4

A patient with tumefactive multiple sclerosis (MS) initially presented at the age of 87 years; the revised diagnostic criteria from the International Panel on MS (2001) were fulfilled. Late-onset MS and tumefactive demyelinating lesions are discussed. This case suggests that MS can occur at any age. MS should be borne in mind for differential diagnosis if a brain tumor-like lesion with little mass effect and edema is found in an elderly patient.