Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 50 No. 4, 2011.
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Mild Cognitive Disorder as Clinical Manifestation of Pituitary Stalk Neurosarcoidosis: Case Report
Marina Titlić
Krešimir Dolić
Nada Bešenski
Abstract
A case is presented of a 59-year-old male patient with a 5-year history of sarcoidosis. In the last half a year, deterioration of his intellectual abilities was noticed. Psychological testing detected a mild cognitive disorder. Laboratory diagnostics found a decreased level of testosterone and magnetic resonance imaging showed pituitary stalk neurosarcoidosis without any other pathomorphological substrate of cognitive impairment. This case indicates that neurosarcoidosis should be considered as a possible cause of mild cognitive disorder and, consequently, included in the International Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders.
Keywords
Neurosarcoidosis; Pituitary gland; Cognition disorders
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84570
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Publication date:
14.12.2011.
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