Heerfordt-Waldenström Syndrome

Sanjay K Mahajan; Roshan Thakur; Madan Kaushik; Rajiv Raina

Heerfordt-Waldenström Syndrome

J Assoc Physicians India. 2020 Dec;68(12):76-77.

Authors

Sanjay K Mahajan¹, Roshan Thakur², Madan Kaushik¹, Rajiv Raina³

Affiliations

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, IG Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
² Resident, Department of Medicine, IG Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
³ Professor, Department of Medicine, IG Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

PMID: 33247650

Abstract

Heerfordt's-Waldenström syndrome is a very rare presentation of neurosarcoidosis characterized by parotid gland enlargement, facial palsy, anterior uveitis and fever. World over only few cases of this syndrome have been reported. We present such a case of Heerfordt-Waldenström syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Central Nervous System Diseases*
Facial Paralysis* / etiology
Humans
Sarcoidosis*
Syndrome
Uveoparotid Fever*