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Neurosarcoidosis: A Rare Presentation as a Seizure

Neurosarcoidosis is a rare disorder that can develop in patients with a history of sarcoidosis or can develop even when sarcoidosis is not diagnosed. It is a granulomatous disease of the nervous system that causes different neurological disorders based on its location. However, diagnosing neurosarco...

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Autores principales: Mandyam, Saikiran, Sibyala, Sunilkumar, Dasarathan, Preethi, Chirrareddy, Yagnapriya, Kalluru, Pavan Kumar Reddy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10332791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37435272
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40227
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Sumario:Neurosarcoidosis is a rare disorder that can develop in patients with a history of sarcoidosis or can develop even when sarcoidosis is not diagnosed. It is a granulomatous disease of the nervous system that causes different neurological disorders based on its location. However, diagnosing neurosarcoidosis remains a challenge as it mimics many other neurological disorders and does not have any biochemical markers of high specificity. A tissue-proven biopsy is the gold standard but is difficult to obtain in neurological illnesses. Thus, diagnosis is established based on the clinical syndrome and imaging, which mostly show meningeal/parenchymal lesion enhancement, in addition to the exclusion of other causes. Glucocorticoids, immunosuppressants, and anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) drugs are the mainstays of treatment. We discuss a case of neurosarcoidosis in a 52-year-old woman with a known history of sarcoidosis.