Sarcoidosis is not an infectious process. However, there are similarities in the appearance of sarcoidosis to the appearance of infection. It is helpful to view and contrast the two processes together.
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| Granulomatous meningitis in a patient with sarcoidosis, H&E stain x 200. Non-necrotizing granulomatous inflammation of the meninges is typical of neurosarcoidosis |
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| Perivascular granulomatous inflammation in a patient with neurosarcoidosis Distinction between Neuro sarcoidosis and primary angiitis of the nervous system may be difficult, and may depend on clinical history as well as the absence of vascular destruction. |
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| Neurosarcoidosis, coronal surface of brain at the level of the optic chiasm. Granulomatous inflammation in the meninges tends to be concentrated at the base of the brain, as shown here |
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| Neurosarcoidosis, ventral surface of brain. Granulomatous inflammation in this case extended from the hypothalamus to the pituitary gland. |
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