Open AccessExtraparenchymal Sarcoid Mass
Author(s) -
F. García Lax,
Kamran Tabaddor
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/00006123-197911000-00011
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoidosis , meningioma , central nervous system disease , radiology , pathology , surgery
Sarcoidosis frequently involves the nervous system, but intracranial sarcoid mass lesions are rare. A case of a subfrontal extraparenchymal sarcoid mass mimicking a meningioma is presented. Previously reported cases of intracranial sarcoid mass lesions are reviewed.