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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2019

Neurosarcoidosis Presenting with Obstructive Hydrocephalus Successfully Treated with Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy.

Hiromasa Nakayasu, Toshihiro Shirai, Yuko Tanaka, Tsukasa Sato, Hiroyuki Muro

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hiromasa NakayasuDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Shizuoka General Hospital, Japan.
Toshihiro ShiraiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Shizuoka General Hospital, Japan.
Yuko TanakaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Shizuoka General Hospital, Japan.
Tsukasa SatoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Shizuoka General Hospital, Japan.
Hiroyuki MuroDepartment of Pathology, Shizuoka General Hospital, Japan.
Shizuoka General Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 58-year-old Japanese woman complained of unstable gait and dizziness lasting for a month. She had been diagnosed histologically with pulmonary and cutaneous sarcoidosis and attended outpatient clinics for routine checkups. Head computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indicated obstructive hydrocephalus caused by a contrast-enhanced lesion in the cerebral aqueduct. The patient underwent endoscopic third ventriculostomy and a biopsy of the lesion, leading to the diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis. This was a rare case of neurosarcoidosis presenting with obstructive hydrocephalus that was treated with endoscopic third ventriculostomy and diagnosed histologically via an intraoperative biopsy.

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Central Nervous System DiseasesFemaleHumansHydrocephalusMiddle AgedSarcoidosisThird VentricleTreatment OutcomeVentriculostomyendoscopic third ventriculostomyneurosarcoidosisobstructive hydrocephalussarcoidosis

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PMID30146586
PMCPMC6367092
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