@article {Boulter:2017:2637-8329:42,
title = "Vascular Lesions of the Central Nervous System Mimicking Tumors and Clues to Prospective Diagnosis",
journal = "Neurographics",
parent_itemid = "infobike://asnr/ng",
publishercode ="asnr",
year = "2017",
volume = "7",
number = "1",
publication date ="2017-02-01T00:00:00",
pages = "42-60",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "2637-8329",
eissn = "2637-8329",
url = "https://asnr.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/asnr/ng/2017/00000007/00000001/art00006",
doi = "doi:10.3174/ng.1170188",
keyword = "ADC = apparent diffusion coefficient, CTA = CT angiography, FLAIR = fluid-attenuated inversion recovery, BCT = brain capillary telangiectasia, SWI = susceptibility weighting imaging, DSA = digital subtraction angiography, ICA = internal carotid artery, AV = arteriovenous, CT = computed tomography, CTV = CT venography, DAVF = dural arteriovenous fistula, PACNS = primary angiitis of the CNS, MRI = magnetic resonance imaging, DWI = diffusion-weighted imaging, MRA = magnetic resonance angiography, CAA = cerebral amyloid angiopathy, MRV= magnetic resonance venography, CSF = cerebrospinal fluid",
author = "Boulter, D.J. and Johnson, W.E. and Shujaat, M.T. and Bourekas, E. and Kalnin, A. and Patel, S. and Schaefer, P. and Slone, H.W.",
abstract = "Vascular lesions of the CNS can uncommonly be confused with neoplasms, both by the imaging appearance and clinical symptoms. In these cases, the role of the radiologist is to alert clinicians to the possibility of a vascular lesion and ensure proper imaging to avoid a potentially dangerous
biopsy or a delay in appropriate management. Vascular lesions that are benign, ischemic, inflammatory, or iatrogenic in nature can all present with imaging features that simulate neoplasms. Our aim was to present a series of representative cases that highlight these lesions, with a discussion
of imaging features to aid the correct diagnosis.Learning Objective: Recognize imaging features of lesions that suggest a vascular rather than neoplastic etiology and the appropriate next steps for diagnosis.",
}