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Tumefactive Primary Central Nervous System Vasculitis: Imaging Findings of a Rare and Underrecognized Neuroinflammatory Disease.


ABSTRACT: Primary central nervous system vasculitis (PCNSV) is a poorly understood neuroinflammatory disease of the CNS affecting the intracranial vasculature. Although PCNSV classically manifests as a multifocal beaded narrowing of the intracranial vessels, some patients may not have angiographic abnormalities. A rare subset of patients with PCNSV present with masslike brain lesions mimicking a neoplasm. In this article, we retrospectively review 10 biopsy-confirmed cases of tumefactive PCNSV (t-PCNSV). All cases of t-PCNSV in our series that underwent CTA or MRA were found to have normal large and medium-sized vessels. T-PCNSV had a variable MR imaging appearance with most cases showing cortical/subcortical enhancing masslike lesion (70%), often with microhemorrhages (80%). Diffusion restriction was absent in all lesions. In summary, normal vascular imaging does not exclude the diagnosis of t-PCNSV. Advanced imaging techniques including MR perfusion and MR spectroscopy failed to demonstrate specific findings for t-PCNSV but assisted in excluding neoplasm in the differential diagnosis. Biopsy remains mandatory for definitive diagnosis.

SUBMITTER: Suthiphosuwan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7658850 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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