title: Childhood sarcoidosis.
abstract: A 10-year-old black girl exhibited a bilateral lower motor neuron facial palsy and bilateral hearing loss. Gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed enhancement of the cranial nerve VII-VIII complex bilaterally. Disc elevation developed in both eyes, and the patient exhibited facial swelling. Examination of a right parotid biopsy specimen demonstrated noncaseating granulomas, consistent with the diagnosis of sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205-7199, USA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Vaphiades
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eggenberger
mesh_terms: D000010:Abducens Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010211:Papilledema / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D011241:Prednisone