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Sonographic Nerve Enlargement in a Patient with Sarcoidosis
We herein report a 73-year-old woman case with sarcoid neuropathy showing nerve enlargement assessed by nerve ultrasound both before and after treatment. The site of conduction block in the left tibial nerve corresponded to the site of nerve enlargement with a hypo-echoic pattern. After treatment wi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8170233/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33250464 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.5921-20 |
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author | Kitaoji, Takamasa Tsuji, Yukiko Noto, Yu-ichi Ashida, Shinji Tanaka, Akihiro Mizuno, Toshiki |
author_facet | Kitaoji, Takamasa Tsuji, Yukiko Noto, Yu-ichi Ashida, Shinji Tanaka, Akihiro Mizuno, Toshiki |
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description | We herein report a 73-year-old woman case with sarcoid neuropathy showing nerve enlargement assessed by nerve ultrasound both before and after treatment. The site of conduction block in the left tibial nerve corresponded to the site of nerve enlargement with a hypo-echoic pattern. After treatment with prednisolone, nerve ultrasound detected the remission of the nerve enlargement, and the conduction block and clinical symptoms also improved. Nerve enlargement may reflect inflammation of the peripheral nerve. A follow-up study of sonographic nerve enlargement may be of clinical significance for assessing the effectiveness of treatment for sarcoid neuropathy. |
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spelling | pubmed-81702332021-06-11 Sonographic Nerve Enlargement in a Patient with Sarcoidosis Kitaoji, Takamasa Tsuji, Yukiko Noto, Yu-ichi Ashida, Shinji Tanaka, Akihiro Mizuno, Toshiki Intern Med Case Report We herein report a 73-year-old woman case with sarcoid neuropathy showing nerve enlargement assessed by nerve ultrasound both before and after treatment. The site of conduction block in the left tibial nerve corresponded to the site of nerve enlargement with a hypo-echoic pattern. After treatment with prednisolone, nerve ultrasound detected the remission of the nerve enlargement, and the conduction block and clinical symptoms also improved. Nerve enlargement may reflect inflammation of the peripheral nerve. A follow-up study of sonographic nerve enlargement may be of clinical significance for assessing the effectiveness of treatment for sarcoid neuropathy. The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2020-11-30 2021-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8170233/ /pubmed/33250464 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.5921-20 Text en Copyright © 2021 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/The Internal Medicine is an Open Access journal distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Kitaoji, Takamasa Tsuji, Yukiko Noto, Yu-ichi Ashida, Shinji Tanaka, Akihiro Mizuno, Toshiki Sonographic Nerve Enlargement in a Patient with Sarcoidosis |
title | Sonographic Nerve Enlargement in a Patient with Sarcoidosis |
title_full | Sonographic Nerve Enlargement in a Patient with Sarcoidosis |
title_fullStr | Sonographic Nerve Enlargement in a Patient with Sarcoidosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Sonographic Nerve Enlargement in a Patient with Sarcoidosis |
title_short | Sonographic Nerve Enlargement in a Patient with Sarcoidosis |
title_sort | sonographic nerve enlargement in a patient with sarcoidosis |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8170233/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33250464 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.5921-20 |
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