ea0073aep529 | Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology | ECE2021
Ali Uzair Akbar
, Amin Asad
, Nazir Hafiz Irbaz
Introduction/BackgroundSarcoidosis is a multi-system inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, characterized by abnormal collection of inflammatory cells termed as granulomas. This disease usually involves lungs, skin, or lymph nodes, but can less commonly affect the eyes, liver, heart and brain. Neurological involvement is rare and appears in 5-10% of the cases. Neurosarcoidosis most frequently affects the cranial nerves, the hypothalamus and the pituit...