Neurosarcoidosis 3/15/16

  • Illness Script for Sarcoidosis: Young AA female with cough and bilateral LAD
  • Sarcoid Lofgren’s Syndrome: Hilar LAD, arthralgia, erythema nodosum
  • Sarcoid Heerfordt’s Syndrome: uevitis, parotitis, chronic fever, facial nerve palsy
  • Neurosarcoidosis complicates 5-10% of systemic sarcoidosis, cranial nerve palsies are the most common manifestations of neurosarcodosis. Optic neuropathies, headache, HPA axis/endocrine abnormalities are also reported.
  • Treatment for neurosarcoidosis is corticosteroids.

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