title: Neurosarcoidosis with unusual MRI findings.
abstract: This 53-year-old white male presented with a 4-month-history of weakness and pain. Despite an initial partial response to steroid therapy, his neurologic deterioration progressed culminating in paraparesis, paresthesias, urinary incontinence, altered mentation and a 20 lb weight loss. A gadolinium-enhanced MRI study showed a pattern suggestive of perivascular involvement. A subsequent cerebral biopsy was diagnostic for neurosarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Handler
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Dick
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Batnitzky
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology