12. Neurosarcoidosis.

Neurosarcoidosis

Neurosarcoidosis is an uncommon but potentially serious manifestation of sarcoidosis. While the cranial nerves are most frequently affected, neurosarcoidosis can involve other nervous system tissues including the meninges, brain parenchyma (especially the hypothalamic region), spinal cord, peripheral nerve, and muscle. Diagnosis may be particularly challenging when neurosarcoidosis occurs in is...

Massive Neurosarcoidosis

Intramedullary spinal neurosarcoidosis

Neurosarcoidosis is a rare diagnosis, and it is also unusual for a patient with sarcoidosis to present solely with neurologic disease. However, CNS involvement can be the first manifestation of disease in 50% of patients. Thus, it is an important diagnostic consideration in patients presenting with ambiguous nervous-system lesions, particularly in the population most often affected by sarcoidos...

Neurosarcoidosis: a clinical dilemma.

Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory multisystem disorder of unknown cause. Practically no organ is immune to sarcoidosis; most commonly, in up to 90% of patients, it affects the lungs. The nervous system is involved in 5-15% of patients. Neurosarcoidosis is a serious and commonly devastating complication of sarcoidosis. Clinical diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis depends on the finding of neurological di...

Nemesis of neglected neurosarcoidosis

Neurosarcoidosis (NS) is diagnosed when noncaseating granulomas develop in the nervous system, often associated with similar pathology in other organs. While lung and skin manifestation are more common, the neurological manifestations including meningitis, parenchymal brain or spinal cord lesions, or cranial or peripheral nerve damage are among the most serious and difficult to treat manifestat...