2015
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282x20140209
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Abstract: A MRI of a 59-year-old male with right hemifacial hypoesthesia showed a low signal T2-weighted expansive mass in the right Meckel's cave. After failure of initial conservative treatment (Figure 1), surgery was done with partial lesion resection (Figure 2). The pathology and chest CT were consistent with granulomatous disease: neurosarcoidosis. On follow-up the lesion increased in size but after corticosteroids it reversed (Figure 3). The involvement of the trigeminal nerve is very rare with only few cases desc… Show more

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“…Patients with neurosarcoidosis can also have neuropsychiatric manifestations, such as dementia, psychoses, depression, poor concentration, encephalopathy, and hallucinations. Cranial and peripheral neuropathies may be present in cases of neurosarcoidosis . Facial palsy is the most frequent cranial neuropathy, although involvement of the trigeminal nerve has been reported .…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Patients with neurosarcoidosis can also have neuropsychiatric manifestations, such as dementia, psychoses, depression, poor concentration, encephalopathy, and hallucinations. Cranial and peripheral neuropathies may be present in cases of neurosarcoidosis . Facial palsy is the most frequent cranial neuropathy, although involvement of the trigeminal nerve has been reported .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Cranial and peripheral neuropathies may be present in cases of neurosarcoidosis . Facial palsy is the most frequent cranial neuropathy, although involvement of the trigeminal nerve has been reported . Neurosarcoidosis can be associated with uveitis, parotid gland swelling, and chronic fever, known as Heerfordt Syndrome .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%