NEUROSARCOIDOSIS RESEMBLING MENINGIOMA - MRI CHARACTERISTICS AND PATHOLOGICAL CORRELATION

Authors
KREJCHI D CALDEMEYER KS VAKILI ST PRITZ MB
Citation
D. Krejchi et al., NEUROSARCOIDOSIS RESEMBLING MENINGIOMA - MRI CHARACTERISTICS AND PATHOLOGICAL CORRELATION, Journal of neuroimaging, 8(3), 1998, pp. 177-179
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Journal of neuroimaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
10512284
Volume
8
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
177 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-2284(1998)8:3<177:NRM-MC>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A 37-year-old woman had visual changes. Magnetic resonance imaging sho wed an extraaxial mass in the anterior clinoid region that was presume d to be meningioma. There was no evidence of systemic or leptomeningea l disease. Pathologic findings were consistent with sarcoidosis. Isola ted mass-like neurosarcoidosis, without systemic or leptomeningeal dis ease is difficult to diagnose preoperatively.