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
Hauptverfasser: Grand, S, Hoffmann, D, Bost, F, Francois-Joubert, A, Pasquier, B, Le Bas, J F
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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.
ISSN:0007-1285
DOI:10.1259/0007-1285-69-819-272