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*Tuberculoma | *Tuberculoma | ||
*Toxoplasmosis | *Toxoplasmosis | ||
*Syphilis | *[[Syphilis]] | ||
*Neurocysticercosis | *[[Neurocysticercosis]] | ||
*Nocardiosis | *Nocardiosis | ||
*Cyptococcocus | *[[Cyptococcocus]] | ||
*Aspergillosis | *[[Aspergillosis]] | ||
====Neurologic==== | ====Neurologic==== | ||
*Multiple Sclerosis | *[[Multiple Sclerosis]] | ||
*Sarcoidosis | *Sarcoidosis | ||
*Vasculitis | *Vasculitis | ||
Revision as of 23:10, 14 July 2016
Ring-Enhancing Lesion
Common Mnemonic: DR MAGIC
- Demyelination
- Radionecrosis/hematoma
- Metastasis
- Abscess (consider bacterial, fungal, parasitic)
- Glioma (and other primary neoplasms such as lymphoma)
- Infarction
- Contusion
HIV and ring-enhancing lesion(s)
- Toxoplasmosis v. lymphoma (see comparison of characteristics at Radiopaedia.org.)
Neoplasm
- Primary brain tumor
- Primary CNS lymphoma
- Metastatic disease
Infectious
- Pyogenic Abscess
- Tuberculoma
- Toxoplasmosis
- Syphilis
- Neurocysticercosis
- Nocardiosis
- Cyptococcocus
- Aspergillosis
Neurologic
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Vasculitis
- Aneurysm
- Resolving hematoma
- Cerebral infarct
- Post-op changes