Behcet's disease with slowly enlarging midbrain mass on MRI

Resolution following steroid therapy

Kermode, A. G. MRCP
Plant, G. T. MD, MRCP
MacManus, D. G. DCR
Kendall, B. E. FRCP, DMRD, FRCR
Kingsley, D. P.E. FRCS, DMRD, FRCR
Moseley, I. F. MD, FRCP, DMRD, FRCR

The Multiple Sclerosis NMR Research Group, Institute of Neurology (Dr. Kermode and Mr. MacManug)
The National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases, London, UK (Drs. Kermode, Plant, Kendall, Kingsley, and Moseley)

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Kermode, NMR Research Group, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.

Received February 20, 1989. Accepted for publication in final form March 15, 1989.

Neurology 39(9):p 1251-1252, September 1989.

Article abstract

We describe a case of Behcet's disease with a slowly enlarging midbrain mass on magnetic resonance imaging, which resolved after 4 months of oral steroids.