[Nervous system damage in patients with sarcoidosis].
OBJECTIVE
For the purpose to evaluate the clinical characteristics of nervous involvement in sarcoidosis patients, and to improve the diagnostic skills.


METHODS
92 cases with sarcoidosis were reviewed, and 5 of them with damages to nervous system were retrospectively analyzed.


RESULTS
One of the 92 cases was proved to be brain sarcoidosis by autopsy, and 4 presented damages to meninges, cranial, spinal and peripheral nerves. The clinical manifestations of the above 5 cases included epilepsy, intracranial hypertension, motor weakness, facial paralysis and dysopia.


CONCLUSIONS
Clinical manifestations of patients with sarcoidosis of the nervous system are varied. Sarcoidosis may be one of the potential causes of some unproven abnormalities in brain, spinal cord, cranial and peripheral nerves.
Yu
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Affiliate of Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053.
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Wang
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D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000209:etiology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology