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Neurosarcoidosis: Granulomatous Disease Presenting With Confusion And Gait Disturbance, Jasmine Mitchell, Ms, Divya Chalikonda, Md, Drew Kotler, Md
Neurosarcoidosis: Granulomatous Disease Presenting With Confusion And Gait Disturbance, Jasmine Mitchell, Ms, Divya Chalikonda, Md, Drew Kotler, Md
The Medicine Forum
Introduction:
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder characterized by noncaseating granulomas that frequently presents with pulmonary infiltrates, hilar lymphadenopathy, and ocular and skin lesions. Sarcoidosis affects about 20 per 100,000 individuals in the US with a higher prevalence among African Americans than in Caucasians.1 The average age of presentation ranges from 33 to 41 years.1 Less than 10% of people with sarcoidosis have CNS involvement, with cranial neuropathy, aseptic meningitis, hydrocephalus, seizures, psychiatric symptoms, and cerebral lesions with endocrine manifestations included among the possible manifestations.2 This case report describes a woman with neurosarcoidosis presenting with confusion and gait disturbances.
Case Presentation: …