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Neurosarcoidosis presenting as a large suprasellar mass

Magnetic resonance imaging findings
  • Rohit Bakshi
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    Address correspondence to: Rohit Bakshi, MD, Lucy Dent Imaging Center, 3 Gates Circle, Buffalo, New York 14209
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    From the Millard Fillmore Health System, Lucy Dent Imaging Center, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York USA.

    Dent Neurologic Institute, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York USA.

    Departments of Neurology, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York USA.
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  • Robert A Fenstermaker
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    Neurosurgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York USA.
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  • Vernice E Bates
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    From the Millard Fillmore Health System, Lucy Dent Imaging Center, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York USA.

    Dent Neurologic Institute, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York USA.

    Departments of Neurology, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York USA.
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  • T.P Ravichandran
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    From the Millard Fillmore Health System, Lucy Dent Imaging Center, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York USA.
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  • Sam Goodloe Jr.
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    Pathology, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York USA.
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  • William R Kinkel
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    From the Millard Fillmore Health System, Lucy Dent Imaging Center, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York USA.

    Dent Neurologic Institute, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York USA.

    Departments of Neurology, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York USA.
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0899-7071(98)00035-7
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      Abstract

      We present unusual magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in a case of neurosarcoidosis. MRI revealed a large solitary suprasellar mass which resembled a neoplasm. The lesion was isointense and hyperintense on T1-weighted images, hypointense on T2-weighted images, and intensely homogeneously enhancing. Biopsy revealed a polymorphous inflammatory lesion with giant cells, which extended from the hypothalamus, consistent with neurosarcoidosis. The diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis should be considered in patients presenting with large midline tumor-like suprasellar mass lesions.

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      Publication history

      Accepted: March 20, 1998
      Received: January 12, 1998

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0899-7071(98)00035-7

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