title: Sarcoid meningitis with fulminant delirium and markedly abnormal cerebrospinal fluid.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a patient with an acute fulminant delirium and eventual spinal fluid block secondary to sarcoid meningitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hospital and Neurology Clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  A previously healthy, 24-year-old man.
  
  
  METHODS
  Antimicrobials, corticosteroids, lumbar puncture, myelography, and lymph node biopsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cerebrospinal fluid, clinical status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient improved after treatment with corticosteroids.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sarcoid meningitis may present with delirium and spinal block.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Noble
authors.forename: Christopher Todd
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Mill
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Etienne
authors.forename: Olajide
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D003693:Delirium / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D009192:Myelography / Q000379:methods; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones