Multifocal extramedullary spinal sarcoid lesions mimicking leptomeningeal metastasis

J Orthop Sci. 2013 Mar;18(2):343-6. doi: 10.1007/s00776-011-0164-x. Epub 2011 Oct 14.

Authors

Yasuyuki Shiraishi¹, Atsushi Kimura, Atsushi Seichi, Hirokazu Inoue, Kenichi Yamamuro, Masahiro Kojima, Yuichi Hoshino

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopaedics, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, 329-0498, Japan.

PMID: 21997641
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-011-0164-x

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Meningeal Carcinomatosis / diagnosis
Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
Middle Aged
Sarcoidosis / diagnosis*
Sarcoidosis / drug therapy
Sarcoidosis / pathology
Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnosis*
Spinal Cord Diseases / drug therapy
Spinal Cord Diseases / pathology

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Methylprednisolone