Objective: For the purpose to evaluate the clinical characteristics of nervous involvement in sarcoidosis patients, and to improve the diagnostic skills.
Method: 92 cases with sarcoidosis were reviewed, and 5 of them with damages to nervous system were retrospectively analyzed.
Result: One of the 92 cases was proved to be brain sarcoidosis by autopsy, and 4 presented damages to meninges, cranial, spinal and peripheral nerves. The clinical manifestations of the above 5 cases included epilepsy, intracranial hypertension, motor weakness, facial paralysis and dysopia.
Conclusion: Clinical manifestations of patients with sarcoidosis of the nervous system are varied. Sarcoidosis may be one of the potential causes of some unproven abnormalities in brain, spinal cord, cranial and peripheral nerves.