PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jennings, Jack W
AU  - Rojiani, Amyn M
AU  - Brem, Steven S
AU  - Murtagh, F. Reed
TI  - Necrotizing Neurosarcoidosis Masquerading as a Left Optic Nerve Meningioma: Case Report
DP  - 2002 Apr 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 660--662
VI  - 23
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/23/4/660.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/23/4/660.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2002 Apr 01; 23
AB  - Summary: Isolated neurosarcoidosis involving the optic nerve meninges is extremely rare and is often indistinguishable from a meningioma in its anatomic site and MR imaging presentation. Characteristic findings include enhanced perineural encasement and thickening of the affected optic nerve on contrast-enhanced T1-weighted cranial MR imaging studies. We present the case report of a patient with isolated necrotizing neurosarcoidosis of the left optic nerve, with clinical and MR imaging findings strongly suggestive of a preoperative diagnosis of a meningioma.