Cauda equina and conus medullaris syndrome in sarcoidosis: Case report and literature review

Neurologist

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-183

  Kaiboriboon, Kitti ^a   Olsen, Thomas J ^a   Hayat, Ghazala R ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Conus medullaris; Neurosarcoidosis; Polyradiculopathy

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

BACKACHE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MEDULLARY CONE SYNDROME; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADICULAR PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYRADICULOPATHY; PREDNISONE; SARCOIDOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 18444390604     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nrl.0000159983.19068.21     Document Type: Review

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