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01-03-2013 | Case Report

Multifocal extramedullary spinal sarcoid lesions mimicking leptomeningeal metastasis

Authors: Yasuyuki Shiraishi, Atsushi Kimura, Atsushi Seichi, Hirokazu Inoue, Kenichi Yamamuro, Masahiro Kojima, Yuichi Hoshino

Published in: Journal of Orthopaedic Science | Issue 2/2013

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Sarcoidosis is an idiopathic systemic disease characterized histologically by the formation of noncaseating granulomas. Clinical involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) occurs in approximately 5% of cases [1], and the most common sites of involvement are the cranial nerves, the hypothalamus, and the pituitary gland [2]. Spinal cord involvement is a much less common manifestation of sarcoidosis, occurring in 0.34% of patients with systemic sarcoidosis [3]. An unusual case of spinal sarcoidosis that mimicked metastatic carcinomatosis on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is presented. …

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Title: Multifocal extramedullary spinal sarcoid lesions mimicking leptomeningeal metastasis
Authors: Yasuyuki Shiraishi
Atsushi Kimura
Atsushi Seichi
Hirokazu Inoue
Kenichi Yamamuro
Masahiro Kojima
Yuichi Hoshino
Publication date: 01-03-2013
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: Journal of Orthopaedic Science / Issue 2/2013
Print ISSN: 0949-2658
Electronic ISSN: 1436-2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-011-0164-x

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