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Year : 2002  |  Volume : 48  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 119-21  

Cavernous sinus syndrome as the only manifestation of sarcoidosis.

M Zarei, JR Anderson, JN Higgins, MR Manford 
 Department of Clinical Neurology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University, Hills Road, UK.

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M Zarei
Department of Clinical Neurology, Addenbrooke«SQ»s Hospital, Cambridge University, Hills Road, UK.

We describe a 63-year-old Afro-Caribbean female who presented with complete ophthalmoplegia of the right eye. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a mass in the cavernous sinus, which was pathologically confirmed as due to sarcoidosis. No clinical or laboratory evidence of sarcoidosis was found in any other organs. We believe this is the first reported case of an isolated cavernous sinus syndrome due to sarcoidosis and suggest that sarcoidosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cavernous sinus syndromes even in the absence of systemic involvement of sarcoidosis.


How to cite this article:
Zarei M, Anderson J R, Higgins J N, Manford M R. Cavernous sinus syndrome as the only manifestation of sarcoidosis. J Postgrad Med 2002;48:119-21


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Zarei M, Anderson J R, Higgins J N, Manford M R. Cavernous sinus syndrome as the only manifestation of sarcoidosis. J Postgrad Med [serial online] 2002 [cited 2023 Mar 30 ];48:119-21
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