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Brain Lesion

Causes
1. Tumor
  1. See Brain Tumor
  2. See Pediatric Brain Tumor
2. Infection
  1. See Brain Lesion in HIV
  2. Cysticercosis
  3. Brain Abscess (bacterial or fungal)
3. Granuloma
  1. Tuberculosis
  2. Sarcoidosis
4. Vascular
  1. Hematoma (differentiate from Brain Tumor with hemorrhage)
  2. Vascular malformation (e.g. AV malformation)
  3. Cerebral Infarction
5. Infarction
  1. Multiple Sclerosis
6. Miscellaneous
  1. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Lesion of brain (C0221505)
Concepts	Disease or Syndrome (T047)
English	Lesion of brain
Spanish	lesion encefalica
Parent Concepts	Finding of brain (C0576471)
Sources	SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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Lesion of brain (C0221505)

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