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Presentation of Case

A 50-year-old right-handed woman with multiple sclerosis was admitted to the hospital because of an enlarging intracranial mass.

The patient had been well until 15 years earlier, when she began to have bifrontal headaches with reduced visual acuity and was found to have bilateral papilledema. A computed tomographic (CT) scan of the brain was normal. A diagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri was made, and a lumbar puncture was performed, with a gradual resolution of symptoms.

The patient was subsequently well until six years before admission, when a left footdrop developed and she began to experience numbness in the fingertips. A magnetic . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnoses

Dr. David Paydarfar's Diagnoses

Pathological Discussion

Anatomical Diagnoses

References

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