Gliomatosis cerebri differential diagnosis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]
Overview
Gliomatosis cerebri must be differentiated from progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, multiple sclerosis, Marburg disease, multicentric glioblastoma, primary CNS lymphoma, viral encephalitis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, CNS vasculitis, Behçet's disease, venous sinus thrombosis, stroke, Gerstmann syndrome, leptomeningeal gliomatosis, Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia, and parkinsonism.[1][2][3][4]
Differentiating Gliomatosis cerebri from other Disease
Gliomatosis cerebri must be differentiated from:[1][2][3][4]
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
- Multiple sclerosis
- Marburg disease
- Multicentric glioblastoma
- Primary CNS lymphoma
- Viral encephalitis
- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
- CNS vasculitis
- Behçet's disease
- Venous sinus thrombosis
- Stroke
- Gerstmann syndrome
- Leptomeningeal gliomatosis
- Alzheimer's disease
- Lewy body dementia
- Parkinsonism
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Differential diagnosis of gliomatosis cerebri. Dr Henry Knipe and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/gliomatosis-cerebri
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Duron E, Lazareth A, Gaubert JY, Raso C, Hanon O, Rigaud AS (2008). "Gliomatosis cerebri presenting as rapidly progressive dementia and parkinsonism in an elderly woman: a case report". J Med Case Rep. 2: 53. doi:10.1186/1752-1947-2-53. PMC 2263063. PMID 18284707.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Brandão RA, de Carvalho GT, de Azeredo Coutinho CA, Christo PP, Santiago CF, Santos Mdo C; et al. (2011). "Gliomatosis cerebri: diagnostic considerations in three cases". Neurol India. 59 (1): 122–5. doi:10.4103/0028-3886.76892. PMID 21339680.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Desclée P, Rommel D, Hernalsteen D, Godfraind C, de Coene B, Cosnard G (2010). "Gliomatosis cerebri, imaging findings of 12 cases". J Neuroradiol. 37 (3): 148–58. doi:10.1016/j.neurad.2009.12.001. PMID 20334921.