Case report: pseudotumoral brain lesion as the presenting feature of sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis rarely presents as an intracranial mass lesion. We report the case of a patient presenting a disturbance of cognitive functions in whom CT and MRI demonstrated a large right fronto-temporal mass lesion with contrast enhancement and surrounding marked oedema, highly suggestive of a brain...
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Veröffentlicht in: | British journal of radiology 1996-03, Vol.69 (819), p.272-275 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Sarcoidosis rarely presents as an intracranial mass lesion. We report the case of a patient presenting a disturbance of cognitive functions in whom CT and MRI demonstrated a large right fronto-temporal mass lesion with contrast enhancement and surrounding marked oedema, highly suggestive of a brain tumour. The diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis was made after stereotactic biopsy of the lesion. |
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ISSN: | 0007-1285 |
DOI: | 10.1259/0007-1285-69-819-272 |