Epidemiology, clinical presentation, treatment, and outcome of neurosarcoidosis: A mono-centric retrospective study and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Neurosarcoidosis is a rare granulomatous disorder, and treatment guidelines are mainly based on retrospective studies.

Materials and methods

This retrospective study was performed to provide a detailed description of the clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with neurosarcoidosis followed at Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc in Belgium. The second objective of our study was to perform a comparative literature review of neurosarcoidosis, with a focus on treatment outcomes with the use of TNF-α antagonist.

Results

Among 180 patients with sarcoidosis followed in our hospital, 22 patients with neurosarcoidosis were included in the final analysis. Our literature research identified 776 articles of which 35 articles met our inclusion crit

SUBMITTER: Sambon P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9641157 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature