Neurosarcoidosis mimicking multiple sclerosis successfully treated with methotrexate and adalimumab

Int J Rheum Dis. 2014 Feb;17(2):214-6. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.12122. Epub 2013 Jul 2.

Authors

Samy Metyas¹, Magdy Tawadrous, Karen C Yeter, Daniel G Arkfeld

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine-Rheumatology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

PMID: 24576278
DOI: 10.1111/1756-185X.12122

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adalimumab
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / therapeutic use*
Central Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis
Central Nervous System Diseases / drug therapy*
Diagnosis, Differential
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Methotrexate / therapeutic use*
Middle Aged
Multiple Sclerosis / diagnosis*
Predictive Value of Tests
Remission Induction
Sarcoidosis / diagnosis
Sarcoidosis / drug therapy*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Immunosuppressive Agents
Adalimumab
Methotrexate

Supplementary concepts

Neurosarcoidosis