Calvarial sarcoid mimicking metastatic disease

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1980 Oct;3(4):401-5. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(80)80335-5.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Granuloma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnosis*
  • Sarcoidosis / pathology
  • Skull / pathology
  • Skull Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Skull Neoplasms / secondary