AAN 2023: Swelling in brain vein may help identify neurosarcoidosis

Swelling of a specific vein in the brain may be a sign of neurosarcoidosis, a form of sarcoidosis that affects the nervous system, a new study suggests. “Incorporating this in the current diagnostic criteria may result in timely intervention, and we encourage radiologists to look for this marker in patients…

Immune NKT Cells May Suggest Early Heart Involvement

The blood levels of natural killer T-cells (NKT), a type of immune cell, are reduced significantly in sarcoidosis patients with subclinical signs of heart involvement relative to those without, a small study shows. Notably, low NKT cell levels were associated significantly with imaging markers of heart inflammation, suggesting that…