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.

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