Micturitional disturbance in a patient with neurosarcoidosis.
We report a case of neurosarcoidosis in which urodynamic studies showed neurogenic bladder dysfunction. A 30-year-old man began to have slowly progressive gait ataxia of vestibular origin, deafness, and hallucination, which developed into versive seizure and stupor. Brain computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed the anteromedial frontal lobe lesion with mild ventricular enlargement. The cerebrospinal fluid examination revealed pleocytosis with raised total protein and angiotensin-converting enzyme levels. Endoscopic lung biopsy showed epithelioid granuloma. Oral prednislone (60 mg/day) ameliorated his symptoms. After tapering steroids, however, he developed urinary urgency, frequency, urge urinary incontinence, and a relapse of gait ataxia. The urodynamic study showed detrusor hyperreflexia. Prednisolone treatment again improved his urinary and neurological symptoms. The anteromedial frontal lobe lesion seems to be responsible for the micturitional disturbance in our patient with neurosarcoidosis.
Sakakibara
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Department of Neurology, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan. sakaki@med.m.chiba-u.ac.jp
Hattori
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Uchiyama
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Yamanishi
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D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014563:Urodynamics