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Neurosarcoidosis mimicking meningioma en‐plaque: report of two cases and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Sender P. L.,
Jäger H. R.,
Hersch M.,
Chaudri K. Ray,
Bajaj N.,
Frackowiak R. S. J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
european journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.881
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1468-1331
pISSN - 1351-5101
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-1331.1997.tb00352.x
Subject(s) - neurosarcoidosis , medicine , sarcoidosis , meningioma , lesion , radiology , radiological weapon , mass/lesion , biopsy , pathology
We describe two patients who presented with seizures and in whom imaging studies showed extra‐axial disease which was simulating meningioma en‐plaque. The diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis was obtained by meningeal biopsy. The clinical and MRI features of neurosarcoidosis presenting as an extra‐axial mass lesion are reviewed. In cases in which clinical or radiological features place the diagnosis of meningioma in doubt, frozen section biopsy is advocated to avoid unwarranted excision of a lesion caused by sarcoidosis.