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- Title
Is the brain biopsy obligatory or not for the diagnosis of Schilderâs disease? Review of the literature.
- Authors
Canan Kocaman; Hakan Karabagli; Memet Ozek
- Abstract
Abstract Background  Schilderâs myelinoclastic diffuse sclerosis (Schilderâs disease) is a rare demyelinating disorder. Clinical features and neuroimaging findings of this disease might mimic an intra-cranial mass lesion including an abscess or a tumour. Case report  Clinical and radiological findings of two children with the diagnosis of Shilderâs disease are reported, and the role of brain biopsy as a diagnostic tool is discussed.
- Subjects
BRAIN; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC imaging
- Publication
Child's Nervous System, 2008, Vol 24, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
0256-7040
- Publication type
Article