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Neurosarcoidosis Presenting as Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in a Patient with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

A gentleman in his early 50’s with past medical history significant for biopsy confirmed pulmonary sarcoidosis presented with acute onset confusion, gait disturbance and bowel/urinary incontinence. Brain imaging was consistent with normal pressure hydrocephalus and CSF studies supported the suspicio...

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Autores principales: Prabhu, Sushmita, Kumar, Pramukh Arun, Kumar, Sumukh Arun, Dasari, Mahati, Mishra, Ajay K., Donaghy, Justin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Greater Baltimore Medical Center 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9924619/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36817301
http://dx.doi.org/10.55729/2000-9666.1136
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author Prabhu, Sushmita
Kumar, Pramukh Arun
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Dasari, Mahati
Mishra, Ajay K.
Donaghy, Justin
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description A gentleman in his early 50’s with past medical history significant for biopsy confirmed pulmonary sarcoidosis presented with acute onset confusion, gait disturbance and bowel/urinary incontinence. Brain imaging was consistent with normal pressure hydrocephalus and CSF studies supported the suspicion of neurosarcoidosis. He received treatment with a prolonged course of steroids with good effect. We discuss a rare case of normal pressure hydrocephalus as a presenting feature of neurosarcoidosis and the rationale of starting empiric treatment for probable diagnosis of the same.
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spelling pubmed-99246192023-02-16 Neurosarcoidosis Presenting as Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in a Patient with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Prabhu, Sushmita Kumar, Pramukh Arun Kumar, Sumukh Arun Dasari, Mahati Mishra, Ajay K. Donaghy, Justin J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report A gentleman in his early 50’s with past medical history significant for biopsy confirmed pulmonary sarcoidosis presented with acute onset confusion, gait disturbance and bowel/urinary incontinence. Brain imaging was consistent with normal pressure hydrocephalus and CSF studies supported the suspicion of neurosarcoidosis. He received treatment with a prolonged course of steroids with good effect. We discuss a rare case of normal pressure hydrocephalus as a presenting feature of neurosarcoidosis and the rationale of starting empiric treatment for probable diagnosis of the same. Greater Baltimore Medical Center 2023-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9924619/ /pubmed/36817301 http://dx.doi.org/10.55729/2000-9666.1136 Text en © 2023 Greater Baltimore Medical Center https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ).
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Kumar, Pramukh Arun
Kumar, Sumukh Arun
Dasari, Mahati
Mishra, Ajay K.
Donaghy, Justin
Neurosarcoidosis Presenting as Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in a Patient with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
title Neurosarcoidosis Presenting as Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in a Patient with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
title_full Neurosarcoidosis Presenting as Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in a Patient with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
title_fullStr Neurosarcoidosis Presenting as Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in a Patient with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
title_full_unstemmed Neurosarcoidosis Presenting as Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in a Patient with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
title_short Neurosarcoidosis Presenting as Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in a Patient with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
title_sort neurosarcoidosis presenting as normal pressure hydrocephalus in a patient with pulmonary sarcoidosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9924619/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36817301
http://dx.doi.org/10.55729/2000-9666.1136
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