title: Transient focal neurological deficit in sarcoidosis.
abstract: Sarcoidosis presents only infrequently with stroke or focal neurological deficit and recurrent focal neurological deficit is rarer still. This case report describes a patients presenting with episodic non-fluent dysphasia of abrupt onset occurring during a period of 18 months without evidence of seizure activity or macroscopic granulomatous collection. The case illustrates that the presentation of neurosarcoidosis may mimic classic reversible ischaemic neurological deficit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Duffey
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012008:Recurrence; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D013963:Thyroid Hormones