Clinical Spectrum and Outcome of Neurosarcoidosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study from a Teaching Hospital in India.

Autor: Mani AM; Neurology Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India., Prabhakar AT; Neurology Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India., Mannam P; Department of Radiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India., Benjamin RN; Neurology Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India., Ahmed Shaikh AI; Neurology Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India., Mathew D; Neurology Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India., Singh P; Neurology Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India., Nair A; Neurology Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India., Alexander PT; Neurology Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India., Vijayaraghavan A; Neurology Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India., Sivadasan A; Neurology Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India., Mani S; Department of Radiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India., Mathew V; Neurology Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India., Aaron S; Neurology Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India., Alexander M; Neurology Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology [Ann Indian Acad Neurol] 2020 Jul-Aug; Vol. 23 (4), pp. 528-535. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 29.
DOI: 10.4103/aian.AIAN_638_19
Abstrakt: Context: Neurosarcoidosis (NS) is a chronic disease with a diverse clinical spectrum, therapeutic response, and outcome. There is scarce literature from our country regarding the same.
Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical spectrum, therapeutic responses, and outcomes of NS in an Indian cohort.
Settings and Design: In a cross-sectional study, we included all patients with NS treated at a quaternary care teaching hospital in India from January 2007 to October 2019.
Subjects and Methods: Patients older than 18 years of age fulfilling the diagnostic criteria for NS from the Neurosarcoidosis Consortium Consensus Group were included in the study. The therapeutic response and the degree of disability at last follow-up were assessed.
Results: We identified 48 patients, among them 3 were categorized as having definite NS, 30 probable NS, and 15 possible NS. Cranial neuropathy was the most common presentation (47.9%), followed by myelopathy (25%). Systemic involvement was identified in 95.83% and mediastinal lymph nodes were the most common site. Clinical improvement was seen in 65.8% and disease stabilized in 28.9%, while 5.26% deteriorated. Fifty percent recovered without any residual disability, while 26.3% had minor and 23.7% had major residual sequelae.
Conclusions: NS is a diverse illness, with a heterogeneous spectrum of clinical presentation, treatment response, and outcome. Cranial neuropathy is the most common presenting feature and has a good prognosis while myelopathy has an unfavorable prognosis. Meningeal and brain parenchymal disease is difficult to diagnose accurately unless systemic involvement is present. The diagnosis of NS should be clinically suspected in the appropriate clinical setting, the presence of systemic involvement should be investigated, and histologic confirmation should be attempted.
Competing Interests: There are no conflicts of interest.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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