Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies as the First Presentation of Sarcoidosis
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Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies as the First Presentation of Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis is a disease process which predominantly affects the lungs but can involve virtually any organ in the human body. Neurosarcoidosis is a rare manifestation which can present in a variety of ways. There is no single diagnostic test for sarcoidosis; hence, the diagnosis is based on combined clinical, laboratorial, and radiological grounds. We describe a rare case where a patient presen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Otolaryngology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2090-6765,2090-6773
DOI: 10.1155/2014/592510