Isolated cervical intramedullary sarcoidosis - A histological surprise

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 632-635

  Mathieson, C S ^a   Mowle, D ^a   Ironside, J W ^b   O'Riordan, R ^a  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intramedullary lesion; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CD68 ANTIGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GADOLINIUM; PROTEIN S 100; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 11944274966     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690400022920     Document Type: Article

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