Balo's Concentric Sclerosis Mimicking Cerebral Tuberculoma.
- Author:
Yoo Ri SON
1
;
Hyeran YANG
;
Sehoon LEE
;
Jee Young KIM
;
Suk Geun HAN
;
Kyung Seok PARK
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Balo's concentric sclerosis; multiple sclerosis; corticosteroids; cerebral tuberculoma
- MeSH: Abscess; Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Biopsy; Brain; Brain Neoplasms; Developing Countries; Diagnosis; Diagnosis, Differential; Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis of Schilder*; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Multiple Sclerosis; Neoplasm Metastasis; Prevalence; Sclerosis; Tuberculoma*; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary; Young Adult
- From:Experimental Neurobiology 2015;24(2):169-172
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Balo's concentric sclerosis (BCS) is considered a rare variant of multiple sclerosis, which often mimics an intracranial neoplasm or abscess. We report the case of a 21-year-old woman presenting with BCS while undergoing treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis. Initial brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings were similar to those for cerebral tuberculoma, multiple metastases, or abscesses. However, the pathognomonic concentric sclerosis characteristic of BCS was seen on MRI. The antemortem confirmatory diagnosis of BCS was made by follow-up MRI and a brain biopsy. It is suggested that BCS should be included in the differential diagnosis of cerebral tuberculoma, especially in developing countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis.
