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Presentation of Case

A 41-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of an intracranial mass.

The patient had been in excellent health until one week earlier, when a global headache developed, accompanied by generalized weakness, a sensation of imbalance, mild forgetfulness, progressive anorexia, and blurred vision. On the day of admission, she came to the ambulatory clinic of this hospital, where an imaging study of the brain showed a heterogeneously enhancing mass. She was admitted to the hospital.

The patient, a native of El Salvador, had immigrated to this country 11 years earlier; she made frequent trips back to El Salvador. She . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnosis

Dr. David E. Thaler's Diagnoses

Pathological Discussion

Anatomical Diagnosis

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