title: Isolated neurosarcoidosis in the medulla oblongata involving the fourth ventricle: a case report.
abstract: We report a 61-year-old woman with definite diagnosis of isolated neurosarcoidosis in the medulla oblongata involving the fourth ventricle. We could not recognize neurosarcoidosis as one of the differential diagnoses of the lesion before biopsy because the brainstem lesion location and periventricular lesion configuration were quite unusual.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D020546:Fourth Ventricle / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010781:Photography; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery