SOLITARY SPINAL-CORD SARCOIDOSIS WITHOUT OTHER MANIFESTATIONS OF SYSTEMIC SARCOIDOSIS

Authors
JASTER JH DOHAN FC BERTORINI TE BASS JE MONKEMULLER KE HANDORF CR GERALD BE
Citation
Jh. Jaster et al., SOLITARY SPINAL-CORD SARCOIDOSIS WITHOUT OTHER MANIFESTATIONS OF SYSTEMIC SARCOIDOSIS, Clinical imaging, 21(1), 1997, pp. 17-22
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Clinical imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
08997071
Volume
21
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
17 - 22
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-7071(1997)21:1<17:SSSWOM>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We report a biopsy-proven case of sarcoidosis limited to the spinal co rd and responsive to treatment with oral corticosteroids. involvement of the spinal cord by systemic sarcoidosis is uncommon and is associat ed with several unusual pathological and radiological characteristics that may contribute to ifs misdiagnosis and subsequent mismanagement. The importance of these unusual characteristics is greatly amplified i n solitary spinal cord sarcoidosis because there are no systemic findi ngs to suggest a sarcoid etiology. (C) Elsevier Science Inc., 1997.