TY - JOUR
T1 - Sarcoid meningitis with fulminant delirium and markedly abnormal cerebrospinal fluid
AU - Noble, James M.
AU - Anderson, Christopher Todd
AU - Etienne, Mill
AU - Williams, Olajide
AU - Adams, David J.
PY - 2007/1/1
Y1 - 2007/1/1
N2 - Objective: To describe a patient with an acute fulminant delirium and eventual spinal fluid block secondary to sarcoid meningitis. Design: Case report. Setting: Hospital and Neurology Clinic. Patient: A previously healthy, 24-year-old man. Interventions: Antimicrobials, corticosteroids, lumbar puncture, myelography, and lymph node biopsy. Main Outcome Measures: Cerebrospinal fluid, clinical status. Results: The patient improved after treatment with corticosteroids. Conclusion: Sarcoid meningitis may present with delirium and spinal block.
AB - Objective: To describe a patient with an acute fulminant delirium and eventual spinal fluid block secondary to sarcoid meningitis. Design: Case report. Setting: Hospital and Neurology Clinic. Patient: A previously healthy, 24-year-old man. Interventions: Antimicrobials, corticosteroids, lumbar puncture, myelography, and lymph node biopsy. Main Outcome Measures: Cerebrospinal fluid, clinical status. Results: The patient improved after treatment with corticosteroids. Conclusion: Sarcoid meningitis may present with delirium and spinal block.
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U2 - 10.1001/archneur.64.1.129
DO - 10.1001/archneur.64.1.129
M3 - Article
C2 - 17210821
AN - SCOPUS:33846083719
VL - 64
SP - 129
EP - 131
JO - Archives of Neurology
JF - Archives of Neurology
SN - 0003-9942
IS - 1
ER -