Sarcoidosis of the peripheral nerve: clinical, electrophysiological and histological study of two cases

Eur Neurol. 1984;23(6):459-65. doi: 10.1159/000115728.

Abstract

Two cases of sarcoid polyneuropathy were diagnosed by histological examination of the nerve biopsy. The electrophysiological findings in both patients suggested a neuropathy of axonal type, confirmed by a morphological study of a sural nerve biopsy by light microscopy and on teased-fiber preparations. The sarcoid granulomas were multiple, especially in case 2; they were sparse in the epineurial and perineurial spaces and absent in the endoneurium, whose interstitial component contained cellular infiltrations of scattered macrophages. Blood vessel changes were a constant morphological feature. The mechanisms that possibly contribute to the pathogenesis of the sarcoid neuropathy are discussed in relation to previous reports.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Axons / physiology
  • Electromyography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Middle Aged
  • Motor Neurons / physiology
  • Muscles / innervation
  • Neural Conduction
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / pathology
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Polyneuropathies / physiopathology*
  • Sarcoidosis / pathology
  • Sarcoidosis / physiopathology*
  • Sensation / physiology
  • Sural Nerve / pathology