Neurosarcoidosis Mimicking Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Two female patients, aged 46 and 51, were referred to the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery with symptoms resembling normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) and with ventriculomegaly on the MRI. Both had a definite diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis (NS) on biopsy, and they underwent the medic...

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Autores principales: Kafai Golahmadi, Aida, Craven, Claudia L, Watkins, Laurence D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10336621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37448383
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40281
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description Two female patients, aged 46 and 51, were referred to the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery with symptoms resembling normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) and with ventriculomegaly on the MRI. Both had a definite diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis (NS) on biopsy, and they underwent the medical and surgical management reserved for NPH. At follow-up, their presenting symptoms had resolved and they had clinically improved. Neurosarcoidosis can mimic NPH, and it should be excluded in patients presenting with NPH.
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spelling pubmed-103366212023-07-13 Neurosarcoidosis Mimicking Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Kafai Golahmadi, Aida Craven, Claudia L Watkins, Laurence D Cureus Neurology Two female patients, aged 46 and 51, were referred to the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery with symptoms resembling normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) and with ventriculomegaly on the MRI. Both had a definite diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis (NS) on biopsy, and they underwent the medical and surgical management reserved for NPH. At follow-up, their presenting symptoms had resolved and they had clinically improved. Neurosarcoidosis can mimic NPH, and it should be excluded in patients presenting with NPH. Cureus 2023-06-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10336621/ /pubmed/37448383 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40281 Text en Copyright © 2023, Kafai Golahmadi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Neurosarcoidosis Mimicking Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
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title_short Neurosarcoidosis Mimicking Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10336621/
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