Open AccessTrigeminal ganglion involvement in sarcoidosis
Author(s) -
Jairo Silva dos Ângelos,
Guilherme Brasileiro de Aguiar,
E. Farina,
Maud Parise,
Alexandre Martins Cunha,
Elington Lannes Simões,
Flávio Nigri,
Carlos Telles
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jornal brasileiro de neurocirurgia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2446-6786
pISSN - 0103-5118
DOI - 10.22290/jbnc.v20i4.901
Subject(s) - sarcoidosis , lesion , ganglion , medicine , central nervous system , pathology , etiology , infiltration (hvac) , magnetic resonance imaging , nervous system , anatomy , radiology , physics , psychiatry , thermodynamics
Sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown etiology presenting as noncaseating granulomatous infiltration in tissues. Central Nervous system is rarely affected , usually as dissemination from other organs, mainly lungs. We report on a case in which the patient had only central nervous system involvement, presenting with a mass in the right gasserian ganglion and another lesion in right parietal cortex, observed in magnetic resonance. Diagnosis was given by histopathological study of the lesion and the patient improved with corticosteroid treatment.