Rare case of intramedullary spinal Neurosarcoidosis in this 60 y/o M
Intramedullary spinal tumors Ddx:
1️⃣Ependymoma
2️⃣Astrocytoma (especially in kids)
3️⃣hemangioblastoma (especially in VHL)
4️⃣Mets are rare though lung is most common in setting of widespread disease
American Society of Spine Radiology (ASSR)
Presenting some of our posters at #EULAR2022
- TCZ in GCA
- BT in neurosarcoidosis
- Mortality in RA
- Uveitis associated to SpA
- Predictive severity factors of COVID19
Entry from TGA ( #Australia ) DAEN:
Date - 4 March, 2024
Medicine suspected - #Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine
Age - 39 years
Gender - Male
Adverse reaction (out of many):-
- Myelitis transverse
- Neurosarcoidosis
Oh dear god.
#Covid19VaccineSideEffects
#CovidVaccines
Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine THE ART OF MEDICINE GrepMed Argyll Robertson pupil
small and irregular pupils that have little to no constriction to light but constricts briskly to near targets (light-near dissociation)
Causes : Neurosyphillis
diabetes mellitus, neurosarcoidosis, chronic alcoholism, encephalitis, multiple sclerosis
Answer: Neurosarcoidosis (NS)
Tried not to make it too hard bc diff is long. NS is one of my 'Honey Badger' & 'creepy crawly' diagnoses. It does whatever the &*%$ it wants. This is classic though showing infundibular & lepto enhancement but can be intraparenchymal #EmoryRadCOTD