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Case Reports
. 2011 Dec;25(6):759-60.
doi: 10.3109/02688697.2010.544793. Epub 2011 Feb 23.

Neurosarcoidosis mimicking acute cervical disc prolapse

Geoffrey A Tipper  1 , Sabena Fareedi, Kim Harrison, Ahmed Tamam
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Neurosarcoidosis mimicking acute cervical disc prolapse

Geoffrey A Tipper et al. Br J Neurosurg. 2011 Dec.

Abstract

We describe the case of a 29-year-old farmer who developed upper limb radiculopathy followed by myelopathy in his lower limbs. MRI findings suggested cervical disc prolapse with cord changes. Despite a successful anterior cervical decompression and fusion his symptoms rapidly returned. Further investigations ultimately diagnosed underlying neurosarcoidosis.

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