• Internal medicine · May 2021

    Case Reports

    Sonographic Nerve Enlargement in a Patient with Sarcoidosis.

    • Takamasa Kitaoji, Yukiko Tsuji, Yu-Ichi Noto, Shinji Ashida, Akihiro Tanaka, and Toshiki Mizuno.
    • Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
    • Intern. Med. 2021 May 1; 60 (9): 1469-1473.

    AbstractWe herein report a 73-year-old woman case with sarcoid neuropathy showing nerve enlargement assessed by nerve ultrasound both before and after treatment. The site of conduction block in the left tibial nerve corresponded to the site of nerve enlargement with a hypo-echoic pattern. After treatment with prednisolone, nerve ultrasound detected the remission of the nerve enlargement, and the conduction block and clinical symptoms also improved. Nerve enlargement may reflect inflammation of the peripheral nerve. A follow-up study of sonographic nerve enlargement may be of clinical significance for assessing the effectiveness of treatment for sarcoid neuropathy.

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