Not everything is as it seems: neurosarcoidosis presenting as leptomeningitis

Involvement of the central nervous system in sarcoidosis is rare; neurosarcoidosis, although unusual, can present as leptomeningitis. The diagnosis is usually difficult because of the vague and broad symptomatology; therefore, a prompt diagnosis should be made, and adequate treatment should be admin...

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Autores principales: Galnares‐Olalde, Javier Andrés, Berebichez‐Fridman, Roberto, Gómez‐Garza, Gilberto, Mercado, Moisés, Moreno‐Sánchez, Francisco, Alegría‐Loyola, Marco Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5889254/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29636921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1418
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author Galnares‐Olalde, Javier Andrés
Berebichez‐Fridman, Roberto
Gómez‐Garza, Gilberto
Mercado, Moisés
Moreno‐Sánchez, Francisco
Alegría‐Loyola, Marco Antonio
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description Involvement of the central nervous system in sarcoidosis is rare; neurosarcoidosis, although unusual, can present as leptomeningitis. The diagnosis is usually difficult because of the vague and broad symptomatology; therefore, a prompt diagnosis should be made, and adequate treatment should be administered to reduce morbidity and mortality.
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spelling pubmed-58892542018-04-10 Not everything is as it seems: neurosarcoidosis presenting as leptomeningitis Galnares‐Olalde, Javier Andrés Berebichez‐Fridman, Roberto Gómez‐Garza, Gilberto Mercado, Moisés Moreno‐Sánchez, Francisco Alegría‐Loyola, Marco Antonio Clin Case Rep Case Reports Involvement of the central nervous system in sarcoidosis is rare; neurosarcoidosis, although unusual, can present as leptomeningitis. The diagnosis is usually difficult because of the vague and broad symptomatology; therefore, a prompt diagnosis should be made, and adequate treatment should be administered to reduce morbidity and mortality. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5889254/ /pubmed/29636921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1418 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Galnares‐Olalde, Javier Andrés
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Mercado, Moisés
Moreno‐Sánchez, Francisco
Alegría‐Loyola, Marco Antonio
Not everything is as it seems: neurosarcoidosis presenting as leptomeningitis
title Not everything is as it seems: neurosarcoidosis presenting as leptomeningitis
title_full Not everything is as it seems: neurosarcoidosis presenting as leptomeningitis
title_fullStr Not everything is as it seems: neurosarcoidosis presenting as leptomeningitis
title_full_unstemmed Not everything is as it seems: neurosarcoidosis presenting as leptomeningitis
title_short Not everything is as it seems: neurosarcoidosis presenting as leptomeningitis
title_sort not everything is as it seems: neurosarcoidosis presenting as leptomeningitis
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5889254/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29636921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1418
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