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*Radionecrosis/hematoma | *Radionecrosis/hematoma | ||
*Metastasis | *Metastasis | ||
*Abscess | *Abscess (consider bacterial, fungal, parasitic) | ||
*Glioma (and other primary neoplasms such as lymphoma) | *Glioma (and other primary neoplasms such as lymphoma) | ||
*Infarction | *Infarction | ||
Revision as of 18:59, 2 October 2015
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
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