Tumefactive multiple sclerosis (TMS): A case series of this challenging variant of MS.

Background: Tumefactive MS is a rare variant of multiple sclerosis that poses a diagnostic and a therapeutic challenge due to its close resemblance to central nervous neoplasms on MRI. TMS is defined as acute large >2 cm, tumour like demyelinating lesion in the CNS that may occur with surrounding edema, mass effect and ring enhancement. Some of the known mimickers are CNS lymphoma, metastasis, primary brain tumour such as glioblastoma, brain abscesses.