NEUROSARCOIDOSIS PRESENTING AS AN INTRACRANIAL MASS IN CHILDHOOD

A 13-year-old boy presented with bilateral panuveitis and a superior o blique palsy. Exhaustive laboratory workup was unremarkable, but magne tic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an enhancing pontine mass. The ma ss was resected, and histopathology revealed a necrotizing granuloma. Although rare, particularly in the pediatric population, the combinati on of panuveitis and an intracranial mass likely represents sarcoidosi s. Necrosis, although also rare, may similarly be seen in neurosarcoid osis.