DOI: 10.12890/2020_001453

Viscous Leptomeningeal Pseudotumoural Masses and Multiple Cranial Neuropathy – Severe Presentation of Neurosarcoidosis

Authors

  • Rita Ribeiro Dias Serviço de Medicina interna do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto, Portugal
  • Inês Henriques Ferreira Serviço de Medicina interna do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto, Portugal
  • Raquel Faria Unidade de Imunologia Clínica, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB) – ICBAS Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

rita.ribeiro.d@gmail.com

Keywords

Neurosarcoidosis, cranial neuropathy, leptomeningeal mass

Abstract

We present a case of a 56-year-old man with a history of episcleritis (left) and cluster headache (left) who had a penetrating trauma of the left eye leading to amaurosis 1 month previously. Since then, he developed multiple cranial neuropathy of the right side (V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII cranial pairs). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an infiltrative lesion of the base of the skull which extended to the retropharyngeal and jugular space, which progressed to multiple leptomeningeal masses extending to the clivus, despite aggressive immunosuppression. Rebiopsy of 1 meningeal mass supported the diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis. The patient finally responded to high-dose prolonged infliximab therapy, with complete remission.

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Published

2020-02-06

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 3 (2020)

How to Cite

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Dias RR, Henriques Ferreira I, Faria R. Viscous Leptomeningeal Pseudotumoural Masses and Multiple Cranial Neuropathy – Severe Presentation of Neurosarcoidosis. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2020 Feb. 6 [cited 2026 Nov. 4];7(3). Available from: https://ejcrim.com/index.php/ejcrim/article/view/1453