Diagnostic pitfalls: A case of neurosarcoidosis mimicking tuberculous meningitis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1736-1739

  Scheibe, Franziska ^a   Flick, Holger ^b   Wengert, Oliver ^a   Wittschieber, Daniel ^a   Bohner, Georg ^a   Ruokonen, Peter ^a   Harms, Lutz ^a   Ruprecht, Klemens ^a   Angstwurm, Klemens ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISOLONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ATAXIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN STEM; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EALES DISEASE; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SARCOIDOSIS; SPASTICITY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; UNSTEADINESS; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VIRUS INFECTION; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; SARCOIDOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 84867328520     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6429-2     Document Type: Letter

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