title: Calvarial sarcoid mimicking metastatic disease.
abstract: A 61-year-old white woman presented with localized cutaneous Boeck's sarcoid and multiple lytic skull lesions mimicking metastatic carcinoma. Complete workup revealed no neoplastic process; biopsy of the skull lesions showed noncaseating granulomas consistent with sarcoid. Although rare, calvarial sarcoid can occur.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012886:Skull / Q000473:pathology; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary