Neuromyelitis Optica Lesion Mimicking Brainstem Glioma

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-21-12-3

Keywords:

Neuromyelitis Optica, Immunosuppressive, Glioma

Abstract

A 12-year-old girl who presented with weakness of the left extremities and right sided sixth cranial nerve palsy had neuromyelitis optica (NMO) mistaken for brainstem glioma on MRI, in a report from Brain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine,Seoul, Republic of KoreaNeuromyelitis Optica, Optic-Spinal Syndrome, Spectroscopy.

Published

2007-12-01

Issue

Section

Brain Tumors