Hydrocephalus as the presenting symptom of sarcoidosis: A case report and review of literature

Hydrocephalus is rare in sarcoidosis, especially as the presenting symptom. Neurosarcoidosis as a cause of unexplained communicating hydrocephalus should be considered in cases of abnormal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and negative infectious and tumoral studies.

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Autores principales: Saban, Rachel J., Berns, Meaghan M., Al‐Hakim, Mazen M., Patino, Gustavo A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7044387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32128190
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2665
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author Saban, Rachel J.
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Patino, Gustavo A.
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spelling pubmed-70443872020-03-03 Hydrocephalus as the presenting symptom of sarcoidosis: A case report and review of literature Saban, Rachel J. Berns, Meaghan M. Al‐Hakim, Mazen M. Patino, Gustavo A. Clin Case Rep Case Reports Hydrocephalus is rare in sarcoidosis, especially as the presenting symptom. Neurosarcoidosis as a cause of unexplained communicating hydrocephalus should be considered in cases of abnormal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and negative infectious and tumoral studies. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7044387/ /pubmed/32128190 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2665 Text en © 2020 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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Saban, Rachel J.
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Al‐Hakim, Mazen M.
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Hydrocephalus as the presenting symptom of sarcoidosis: A case report and review of literature
title Hydrocephalus as the presenting symptom of sarcoidosis: A case report and review of literature
title_full Hydrocephalus as the presenting symptom of sarcoidosis: A case report and review of literature
title_fullStr Hydrocephalus as the presenting symptom of sarcoidosis: A case report and review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Hydrocephalus as the presenting symptom of sarcoidosis: A case report and review of literature
title_short Hydrocephalus as the presenting symptom of sarcoidosis: A case report and review of literature
title_sort hydrocephalus as the presenting symptom of sarcoidosis: a case report and review of literature
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7044387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32128190
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2665
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