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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...
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2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3984804/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24790763 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/592510 |
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author | Rose, Oliver Ahmad, Zahoor Snow, Barry |
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description | 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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spelling | pubmed-39848042014-04-30 Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies as the First Presentation of Sarcoidosis Rose, Oliver Ahmad, Zahoor Snow, Barry Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report 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. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC3984804/ /pubmed/24790763 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/592510 Text en Copyright © 2014 Oliver Rose et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Rose, Oliver Ahmad, Zahoor Snow, Barry Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies as the First Presentation of Sarcoidosis |
title | Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies as the First Presentation of Sarcoidosis |
title_full | Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies as the First Presentation of Sarcoidosis |
title_fullStr | Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies as the First Presentation of Sarcoidosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies as the First Presentation of Sarcoidosis |
title_short | Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies as the First Presentation of Sarcoidosis |
title_sort | multiple cranial nerve palsies as the first presentation of sarcoidosis |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3984804/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24790763 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/592510 |
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