Neurosarcoidosis: peripheral neuropathy
Evidence-based neurology checklist on neurosarcoidosis: peripheral neuropathy: Types Axonal sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy (PN) Pure motor and small fiber neuropathy Pure sensory neuropathy Multiple painful sensory mononeuropathies (MPSM): this is rare Mononeuritis multiplex Guillain Barre…
Types
- Axonal sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy (PN)
- Pure motor and small fiber neuropathy
- Pure sensory neuropathy
- Multiple painful sensory mononeuropathies (MPSM): this is rare
- Mononeuritis multiplex
- Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS)
- Unilateral lumbosacral plexopathy
References
- Dreyer M, Vucic S, Cros DP, Chong PST. Multiple painful sensory mononeuropathies (MPSM), a novel pattern of sarcoid neuropathy. JNNP 2004; 75:1645-1652.
- Zuniga G, Ropper AH, Frank J. Sarcoid peripheral neuropathy. Neurology 1991; 41:1558-1561.
- Garg S, Wright A, Reichwein R, Boyer P, Towfighi J, Kothari MJ. Mononeuritis multiplex secondary to sarcoidosis. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2005; 107:140-143.
- Marques IB, Giovannoni G, Marta M. Mononeuritis multiplex as the first presentation of refractory sarcoidosis responsive to etanercept. BMC Neurol 2014; 14:237.
- Oldroyd A, Dawson T, Nixon J. A case of neurosarcoidosis that presented with symptoms of Guillain-Barre syndrome. BMJ Case Reports 2011;doi:10.1136/bcr.02.2011.3800.
