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ArticleRadiology case reports2021

Acute central nervous system vasculitis as a manifestation of neurosarcoidosis: A case report and literature review.

Toyonobu Maekawa, Yukihiro Goto, Takuma Aoki, Akihiko Hino, Hideki Oka, Shigeomi Yokoya, Akihiro Fujii

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Article in Radiology case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Toyonobu MaekawaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, 2-4-1, Ohhashi, Rittou-City, Shiga-Prefecture 520-3046, Japan.
Yukihiro GotoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, 2-4-1, Ohhashi, Rittou-City, Shiga-Prefecture 520-3046, Japan.
Takuma AokiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, 2-4-1, Ohhashi, Rittou-City, Shiga-Prefecture 520-3046, Japan.
Akihiko HinoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, 2-4-1, Ohhashi, Rittou-City, Shiga-Prefecture 520-3046, Japan.
Hideki OkaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, 2-4-1, Ohhashi, Rittou-City, Shiga-Prefecture 520-3046, Japan.
Shigeomi YokoyaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, 2-4-1, Ohhashi, Rittou-City, Shiga-Prefecture 520-3046, Japan.
Akihiro FujiiDepartment of Neurology, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, 2-4-1, Ohhashi, Rittou-City, Shiga-Prefecture 20-3046, Japan.
Saiseikai Shigaken Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurosarcoidosis (NS) affects various sites of the central nervous system, including the cranial nerve, meninges, brain parenchyma, hypothalamus, and pituitary gland. NS rarely causes intracerebral vasculitis and subsequent strokes, or cerebral infarction and hemorrhage, which are associated with high mortality. Herein, we report a 71-year-old woman's case of stroke associated with NS, which showed aggressive cerebral vasculitis with brain herniation; it was resolved with corticosteroid therapy after accurate histopathological diagnosis. This case highlights the necessity of expecting NS to sometimes follow an aggressive course, presenting with vasculitis. Most patients with NS satisfactorily respond to corticosteroids, but this is not always the case. In cases of unfamiliar ischemic or hemorrhagic lesions, the possibility of NS must be considered.

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Acute vasculitisCentral nervous system vasculitisCerebral vasculitisNeurosarcoidosis

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PMID33354273
PMCPMC7744809
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