title: Sarcoidosis in the Head and Neck: An Illustrative Review of Clinical Presentations and Imaging Findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Sarcoidosis is referred to as a great imitator because of its propensity to radiologically mimic a variety of pathologic entities. Symptomatic neurosarcoidosis is present in approximately 5% of patients with sarcoidosis, and it is found histopathologically in approximately 25% of asymptomatic patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An understanding of the multifaceted imaging manifestations of head and neck sarcoidosis will aid early recognition of the diagnosis, with a goal for earlier initiation of therapy and prevention of irreversible sequelae of the disease.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Ave, FGH Bldg, 3rd Fl, Boston, MA 02118.|2 Department of Radiology, Boston VA Healthcare System, West Roxbury, MA.
authors.forename: Margaret N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Ave, FGH Bldg, 3rd Fl, Boston, MA 02118.|3 Department of Radiology, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: Akifumi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Ave, FGH Bldg, 3rd Fl, Boston, MA 02118.|4 Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Edward K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Ave, FGH Bldg, 3rd Fl, Boston, MA 02118.|2 Department of Radiology, Boston VA Healthcare System, West Roxbury, MA.|4 Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Cory
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Ave, FGH Bldg, 3rd Fl, Boston, MA 02118.|5 Department of Radiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Rohini N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Nadgir
authors.affiliation: 6 Department of Radiology, Saitama International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Moroyama, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Ave, FGH Bldg, 3rd Fl, Boston, MA 02118.|7 Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.|8 Department of Radiation Oncology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sakai
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006257:Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
keywords: CT; MRI; head and neck; sarcoidosis