title: [Case of Heerfordt's syndrome presenting polyneuropathy].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acute presentation of sarcoidosis with the combination of uveitis, parotid gland enlargement, facial nerve palsy, and fever is called Heerfordt's syndrome. Clinically recognizable involvement of the nervous system occurs in < 10% of patients with sarcoidosis, and polyneuropathy in 24% with neurosarcoidosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 28-year-old woman diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome was admitted and treated for a month in the Department of Neurology, Mie University hospital. Her visual acuity decreased 2 weeks after discharge. She was admitted to the Department of Ophthalmology, Mie University Hospital. She presented typical optic sarcoidosis. As she had uveitis, facial nerve palsy, parotid gland enlargement and fever in the clinical course, we diagnosed her condition as Heerfordt's syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  On rare occasions a Heerfordt's syndrome patient may present with Guillain-Barré-like symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Mie University School of Medicine. 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu-shi, Mie-ken 514-8507, Japan. k-kato@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kumiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Yukisige
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakaseko
authors.forename: Yukitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uji
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004487:Edema; D005158:Facial Paralysis; D005260:Female; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome; D006801:Humans; D010305:Parotid Diseases; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014605:Uveitis; D014608:Uveoparotid Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D001623:Betamethasone; D011239:Prednisolone