Table 1.

Summary of cases with perilesional edema induced by corticosteroid withdrawal or summary of cases

Case number	Age (year), sex (reference)	Known calcifications	Context	Relation to steroid taper
1	37 y/o F12	Yes	Treated 7 years earlier, proven calcifications without edema	Stopped 7 days earlier
2	8 y/o F13	Yes, documented asymptomatic calcifications	Developed symptomatic pons enhancing lesion	Within 1 week
3	48 y/o F5,14	Yes, 55 calcifications	Multiple episodes of perilesional edema	2 days after taper
4	43 y/o F15	Yes	Viable cyst and calcification, undergoing anthelminthic and corticosteroids treatment	Stopped 10 days earlier, multiple calcifications with edema
5	34 y/o F (Mejia and Nash 2013)	Yes	Viable single cyst that calcified after treatment. Multiple seizure episodes during taper or after stopping	1 and 6 days after completing taper
6	28 y/o M (Mejia and Nash 2013)	Yes	Treatment of viable cysts with 2 known previous calcifications without enhancement or edema	4 days after stopping steroids MRI showed 2 calcifications with perilesional edema

MRI = magnetic resonance imaging.