Abstract:
:Neurosarcoidosis is a diagnostic challenge, especially in the absence of systemic involvement, even when cerebral biopsies show noncaseating granulomas. We report a patient with a pineal germinoma associated with a extensive peri- and intra- tumoural granulomatous reaction, who was first diagnosed as possible neurosarcoïdosis. A second patient was initially considered as suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. Brain biopsy showed typical granulomas and gallium scintigraphy revealed other locations of the disease. Unfortunately, he developed a severe, steroid-induced, epidural lipomatosis at the Th3-Th8 levels and died unexpectedly after surgical decompression. Granulomatous inflammation in a tissue obtained by biopsy from a midline lesion should be always considered for the differential diagnosis of germinoma. Corticosteroid-sparing immunosuppressant drugs should be used early in neurosarcoïdosis.
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Acta Neurol Belgjournal_title
Acta neurologica Belgicaauthors
Visée H,Duprez TP,Godfraind C,Sindic CJsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-06-01 00:00:00pages
91-9issue
2eissn
0300-9009issn
2240-2993journal_volume
109pub_type
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