Concurrent intermediate uveitis and an enhancing intracranial lesion as the initial manifestation of sarcoidosis

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 266-269

  Huang, Elaine Huizhen Z ^a   Yeo, Kim Teck ^a   Lim, Wee Kiak ^a   Chau, Cora Y P ^b   Hwang, William Y K ^b  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Neurological; Ophthalmic

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SCAR; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS OPACITY;

EID: 33745474575     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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