Brain Lesions Cancer

This is an narrative that will be finding into the involvement of the Central Nervous ideas in sarcoidosis or Neurosarcoidosis.

Brain Lesions Cancer

Sarcoidosis may influence any part of our brain. Cns involvement occurs in 2-7% of patients. One of the most base symptoms in those affected by neurosarcoidosis is facial frailness (if the disease affects the nerves of the face). It can also cause disturbances in the ways our senses function (hearing, taste...).

One of the worst implications is the involvement of hypothalamus, which regulates our body weight, body temperature and sleep.

Brain sarcoidosis diagnosis

Of all the forms of this disease, neurosarcoidosis is the most difficult to diagnose, because of the inaccessibility and the risk of biopsies of Cns lesions. That is why Mri scans are the first choice in health practitioners finding into brain involvement in sarcoidosis.

Brain sarcoidosis manifestations

Common manifestations of brain sarcoidosis include: Meningitis, Seizures, Cerebellar ataxia (loss of coordination), Psychiatric symptoms, Decreased hearing, Speech impairment, Loss of sense of smell, Dementia or delirium, Dizziness or vertigo (abnormal sensation of movement), Papilledema (optic disc swelling).

Brain Sarcoidosis - Optic nerve

This is the second most generally involved cranial nerve in sarcoidosis (after the facial nerve). Optic nerve lesion occurs in 5% of patients with brain sarcoidosis. Optical symptoms of optic nerve involvement contain blurred vision, field defects, and pupillary abnormalities. Exam of the optic fundi reveals characteristic sarcoid changes, together with edema of the disc, optic neuritis, and optic atrophy secondary to granulomatous infiltration in brain sarcoidosis.

Brain sarcoidosis and the spinal cord

There are no rules to what part of the spinal cord can be involved in sarcoidosis. Clinical signs of spinal cord dysfunction include: paraparesis (weakness of the lower extremities), tetraparesis (weakness of all four limbs), back and leg pains, incontinence (inability to control excretory functions).