Neurosarcoidosis: an update on diagnosis and therapy. 2022

Patompong Ungprasert, and Persen Sukpornchairak, and Brandon P Moss, and Manuel L Ribeiro Neto, and Daniel A Culver
Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Clinically overt granulomatous involvement of the nervous system (i.e. neurosarcoidosis) can be seen in up to 10% of patients with sarcoidosis. Establishing a diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis is often challenging due to the heterogeneity of clinical presentations that are sometimes nonspecific, and inaccessibility of tissue confirmation. Recommended treatments are based on expert opinions that are derived from clinical experience and limited data from retrospective studies, as data from randomized controlled studies are limited. In this article, we comprehensively review all available literature on epidemiology, clinical presentations, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of neurosarcoidosis. We also offer our opinions on diagnostic approach and treatment strategy. Given the invasive nature and the limited sensitivity of biopsy of the nervous system, diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis is usually made when ancillary tests (such as magnetic resonance imaging and cerebrospinal fluid analysis) are compatible, and alternative diagnoses are reasonably excluded in patients with established extraneural sarcoidosis. Several factors must be taken into consideration to formulate the initial treatment strategy, including the extent of the disease, severity, functional impairment, comorbidities, and patient's preference. In addition, treatment regimen of neurosarcoidosis should be formulated with an emphasis on long-term strategy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D002493 Central Nervous System Diseases Diseases of any component of the brain (including the cerebral hemispheres, diencephalon, brain stem, and cerebellum) or the spinal cord. CNS Disease,Central Nervous System Disease,Central Nervous System Disorder,CNS Diseases,Central Nervous System Disorders
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D012507 Sarcoidosis An idiopathic systemic inflammatory granulomatous disorder comprised of epithelioid and multinucleated giant cells with little necrosis. It usually invades the lungs with fibrosis and may also involve lymph nodes, skin, liver, spleen, eyes, phalangeal bones, and parotid glands. Besnier-Boeck Disease,Boeck's Sarcoid,Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann Syndrome,Boeck Disease,Boeck's Disease,Schaumann Disease,Schaumann Syndrome,Schaumann's Syndrome,Besnier Boeck Disease,Besnier Boeck Schaumann Syndrome,Boeck Sarcoid,Boecks Disease,Boecks Sarcoid,Disease, Schaumann,Sarcoid, Boeck's,Sarcoidoses,Schaumann's Syndromes,Syndrome, Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann,Syndrome, Schaumann,Syndrome, Schaumann's

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