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ArticleCureus2023

Neurosarcoidosis Mimicking Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.

Aida Kafai Golahmadi, Claudia L Craven, Laurence D Watkins

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Aida Kafai GolahmadiNeurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, GBR.
Claudia L CravenNeurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, GBR.
Laurence D WatkinsNeurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, GBR.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two female patients, aged 46 and 51, were referred to the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery with symptoms resembling normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) and with ventriculomegaly on the MRI. Both had a definite diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis (NS) on biopsy, and they underwent the medical and surgical management reserved for NPH. At follow-up, their presenting symptoms had resolved and they had clinically improved. Neurosarcoidosis can mimic NPH, and it should be excluded in patients presenting with NPH.

Indexed as

hydrocephalusneurosarcoidosisnormal pressure hydrocephalusobstructive hydrocephalussarcoidosis

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PMID37448383
PMCPMC10336621

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