Heerfordt syndrome with unilateral facial nerve palsy: A rare presentation of sarcoidosis

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 225, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 453-456

  Petropoulos, I K ^a   Zuber, J P ^a   Guex Crosier, Yan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b JULES GONIN EYE HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Facial nerve palsy; Heerfordt syndrome; Neurosarcoidosis; Parotid gland enlargement; Sarcoidosis; Transbronchial biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; EYE DROPS; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EYE DISEASE; EYE FUNDUS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NIGHT SWEAT; OTALGIA; PAROTID ENLARGEMENT; RARE DISEASE; RETINA PERIPHLEBITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SRI LANKA; TASTE DISORDER; THORAX; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNILATERAL FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; UVEITIS; VITREOUS BODY; VITRITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; RARE DISEASES; UVEOPAROTID FEVER;

EID: 47649125264     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027356     Document Type: Article

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