CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
• Infections: Cerebral abscess (bacterial, fungal, parasitic), Neurocysticercosis, Tuberculoma, Cerebral toxoplasmosis: usually multiple lesions
• Malignancy: Metastases (lung, breast, melanoma common), Glioblastoma multiforme, Primary CNS lymphoma (usually solitary lesion)
• Demyelinating Disease: Multiple sclerosis
• Radiation Necrosis
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