Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies as the First Presentation of Sarcoidosis

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  • Oliver Rose
  • Zahoor Ahmad
  • Barry Snow
چکیده

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 presented with dysphagia, hoarseness, hearing loss, and unsteadiness.

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دوره 2014  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014