Abstract:Background: Neurosarcoidosis (NS) affects ~15% of patients with sarcoidosis. Hypothalamic-pituitary (HP) involvement is even rare and occurs in <1% of sarcoidosis. Clinically, NS presents as neuroendocrine dysfunction in 2.5% and radiologically, it typically manifests as HP lesion with parenchymal disease. The literature review demonstrates increased pituitary volume as the most frequent MRI abnormality observed in more than a half patients with HP involvement. Pituitary stalk thickening (PST) has been reporte… Show more
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