Cui Linyang, Liu Jie, Zhang Wenjun, Xu Zushan, Hou Hongjun
Department of Radiology, Weihai Central Hospital, Weihai, China.
Front Neurosci. 2020 Oct 21;14:544802. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.544802. eCollection 2020.
Cerebral syphilitic gumma is a rare disease and can be misdiagnosed as a common brain tumor when only conventional imaging results are adopted. Differentiating between syphilitic gumma and tumors may be achieved by applying advanced magnetic resonance (MR) techniques, such as MR spectroscopy and MR perfusion. However, the MR perfusion characteristics of cerebral syphilitic gumma have not been reported yet. Here, we report a case of cerebral syphilitic gumma in a 52-year-old woman and discuss the imaging features of conventional MR, MR spectroscopy, and MR perfusion. The results suggest that the application of MR spectroscopy and MR perfusion could provide additional information that contributes to the diagnosis of cerebral syphilitic gumma.
脑梅毒瘤是一种罕见疾病，仅采用传统影像学检查结果时，它可能会被误诊为常见的脑肿瘤。应用先进的磁共振（MR）技术，如磁共振波谱成像和MR灌注成像，可能有助于鉴别梅毒瘤和肿瘤。然而，脑梅毒瘤的MR灌注特征尚未见报道。在此，我们报告1例52岁女性脑梅毒瘤病例，并探讨传统MR、磁共振波谱成像和MR灌注成像的影像学特征。结果表明，磁共振波谱成像和MR灌注成像的应用可为脑梅毒瘤的诊断提供额外信息。
