Behçet's disease with slowly enlarging midbrain mass on MRI: resolution following steroid therapy

A G Kermode; G T Plant; D G MacManus; B E Kendall; D P Kingsley; I F Moseley

doi:10.1212/wnl.39.9.1251

Behçet's disease with slowly enlarging midbrain mass on MRI: resolution following steroid therapy

Neurology. 1989 Sep;39(9):1251-2. doi: 10.1212/wnl.39.9.1251.

Authors

A G Kermode¹, G T Plant, D G MacManus, B E Kendall, D P Kingsley, I F Moseley

Affiliation

¹ Multiple Sclerosis NMR Research Group, Institute of Neurology, London, UK.

PMID: 2771076
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.39.9.1251

Abstract

We describe a case of Behçet's disease with a slowly enlarging midbrain mass on magnetic resonance imaging, which resolved after 4 months of oral steroids.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Behcet Syndrome / complications
Behcet Syndrome / diagnosis*
Behcet Syndrome / drug therapy
Brain / pathology*
Child
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Nervous System Diseases / etiology
Steroids / therapeutic use
Uveitis / complications
Uveitis / drug therapy

Substances

Steroids