An unusual presentation of neurosarcoidosis: Concurrent optic perineuritis and optic neuritis

An unusual presentation of neurosarcoidosis: Concurrent optic perineuritis and optic neuritis

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Neurosarcoidosis is a rare complication of sarcoidosis and typically presents as acute cranial neuropathies.Neurosarcoidosis can rarely cause an inflammatory optic neuropathy, resembles an optic neuritis and even more rarely can cause Laundry - Hampers with Bags an optic perineuritis.Although concomitant optic neuritis and optic perineuritis have been reported in other inflammatory conditions, such as myelin oligodendrocyte antibody-associated disease, spatially-distinct optic neuritis, and optic perineuritis has not been previously described in neurosarcoidosis.Here, we present a case of spatially-distinct concomitant optic neuritis and optic perineuritis from neurosarcoidosis in a 51-year-old man initially suspected to harbor metastatic disease based Shorts on imaging findings.