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ArticleCureus2025

Neuroendocrine Sarcoidosis: A Rare Bird.

Somia Hassane, Sadia Tariq, Cecil Eboh

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Article in Cureus, 2025. 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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2 · The registry

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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.

Somia HassaneMedicine, University Hospital Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Chichester, GBR.
Sadia TariqAcute Medicine, University Hospital Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Chichester, GBR.
Cecil EbohInternal Medicine and Endocrinology, University Hospital Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Chichester, GBR.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sarcoidosis is a systemic auto-inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. It is characterized by granuloma formation and can affect any organ. While it commonly affects the lungs and the lymphatic system, it can also involve the central nervous system, leading to neurosarcoidosis or the endocrine system and subsequent multiple endocrinal pathologies. Neurosarcoidosis can affect any part of the nervous system and therefore manifests with variable symptoms mimicking other neurological pathologies. Any endocrine gland can be infiltrated by sarcoidosis; however, the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus are the most frequently infiltrated, while thyroid sarcoidosis cases remain rare. Only a biopsy of a suspected lesion is considered to be a definitive diagnostic method, which makes diagnosing central nervous system sarcoidosis particularly challenging. This case report highlights the challenges of diagnosing neuroendocrine sarcoidosis as the first presentation.

Indexed as

endocrine manifestationsextrapulmonary sarcoidosismultiorgan sarcoidosisneurosarcoidosispulmonary sarcoidosis

Identifiers

PMID40259952
PMCPMC12010118

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