Neurosarcoidosis: therapeutic success with methotrexate

Postgrad Med J. 1990 Feb;66(772):142-3. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.66.772.142.

Abstract

Sarcoidosis affects the nervous system in 5% of cases. Treatment with corticosteroids is usually effective. We describe the case of a patient with neurosarcoidosis in which therapy with prednisone failed whereas the result of methotrexate administration was satisfactory.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Facial Paralysis / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Methotrexate / therapeutic use*
  • Nervous System Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Papilledema / etiology
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Sarcoidosis / complications
  • Sarcoidosis / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Prednisone
  • Methotrexate