Extramedullary sarcoid lesion mimicking intraspinal tumor

Spine Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 381-385

  Bose, Bikash ^a,b  

^a CHRISTIANA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extramedullary; Sarcoidosis; Spinal disease; Spine

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOSIS; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE SPASM; NECK PAIN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NERVE ROOT; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATHOLOGY; RARE DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOIDOSIS; SCAPULA; SKIN TINGLING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; VERTEBRAL CANAL; WORK RESUMPTION; WRITING;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; NECK PAIN; NEUROFIBROMA; RARE DISEASES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOIDOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036759417     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(02)00185-7     Document Type: Article

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