Dural sarcoidosis presenting with transient neurologic symptoms.
Despite the propensity of sarcoid granulomas to be clustered around blood vessels, transient ischemic attacks and strokes are rare. A 43-year-old man had recurrent transient dysarthria and right hemiparesis; a biopsy specimen showed neurosarcoidosis. There was complete resolution of both symptomatology and the subdural sarcoid mass lesion with the administration of corticosteroid therapy.
D000328:Adult; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008578:Meninges; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D013355:Subdural Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D011241:Prednisone