Ophthalmoplegia and blindness associated with necrotizing sarcoid granuloma

Harefuah

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 378-380

  Cohen, Yuval ^a   Hartmann, Benjamin ^a   Shoshani, Nadav ^a   Hartstein, Morris ^a   Stav, David ^a   Avni, Isaac ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blindness; Necrotizing sarcoid granuloma; Neurosarcoidosis; Painful ophthalmoplegia; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MALE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SARCOIDOSIS; VASCULITIS;

AGED; BLINDNESS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; RECURRENCE; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; VASCULITIS;

EID: 52449128724     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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