Angioglioma misdiagnosed as encephalomalacia on magnetic resonance imaging for over a decade

Authors

Shinjini Kundu, From the *School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh; †Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; Departments of ‡Radiology, and §Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
Lea AlhilaliFollow
Lananh Nguyen
Saeed Fakhran

Document Type

Article

Abstract

We report a case of intractable seizures secondary to an angioglioma that was misdiagnosed as post-traumatic encephalomalacia for over a decade, with a discussion of the radiological findings and a review of the literature.

Medical Subject Headings

Adult; Brain Neoplasms (pathology); Diagnosis, Differential; Diagnostic Errors (prevention & control); Encephalomalacia (pathology); Glioma (pathology); Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (methods); Male

Publication Date

5-1-2014

Publication Title

Journal of computer assisted tomography

E-ISSN

1532-3145

Volume

38

Issue

3

First Page

485

Last Page

7

PubMed ID

24651748

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1097/RCT.0000000000000043

Recommended Citation

Kundu, Shinjini; Alhilali, Lea; Nguyen, Lananh; and Fakhran, Saeed, "Angioglioma misdiagnosed as encephalomalacia on magnetic resonance imaging for over a decade" (2014). Neurology. 1272.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurology/1272