An Unusual Presentation of Neurosarcoidosis: Concurrent Optic Perineuritis and Optic Neuritis

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Identifier 20210220_nanos_posters_012
Title An Unusual Presentation of Neurosarcoidosis: Concurrent Optic Perineuritis and Optic Neuritis
Creator Mung Yan (Amy) Lin, Qun Wang, Nancy Newman, Michael Dattilo
Subject Neuro-ophth & Systemic Disease (eg. MS, MG, Thyroid); Optic Neuritis; Optic Neuropathy; Neuroimaging
Description Neurosarcoidosis, a complication of sarcoidosis, occurs in approximately 5% of patients with sarcoidosis and can affect the central or peripheral nervous systems. Subacute inflammatory optic neuropathy has been reported in only 1-5% of patients with neurosarcoidosis and is seldom the initial clinical manifestation. Optic perineuritis is an even rarer. We report a unique case of neurosarcoidosis presenting as unilateral optic neuritis and optic perineuritis.
Date 2021-02
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2021 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting 2021: Poster Session I: Neuro-Ophthalmic Disorders of Neurologic and Systemic Diseases
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2021. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s68w98gz
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Contributor Primary Mung Yan (Amy) Lin
Contributor Secondary Qun Wang, Nancy Newman, Michael Dattilo
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 1671499
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68w98gz
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