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Case Reports
. 2010 Jan;5(1):87-90.

Intradural Extramedullary Sarcoidosis case report and review of literature

Kaushik Roy  1 , P Tripathy, A Senapati, S K Saha
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Case Reports

Intradural Extramedullary Sarcoidosis case report and review of literature

Kaushik Roy et al. Asian J Neurosurg. 2010 Jan.

Abstract

Spinal sarcoidosis represents a rare subgroup of neurosarcoidosis. Most spinal sarcoid lesions are intramedullary, and only a few cases of Intradural Extramedullary (IDEM) sarcoidosis have been reported till date.A thirty years-old female patient with intradural extramedullary sarcoid lesion in the cervico-dorsal spinal canal (C7-D1) without any systemic involvement of sarcoidosis is described. The patient presented with rapidly progressive compressive myelopathy with bladder involvement. She was treated with surgical removal of the lesion coupled with the administration of steroid and showed marked improvement.

Keywords: cervico-dorsal; intradural extramedullary; laminectomy; sarcoidosis; spinal cord.

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MRI of the patient (T1, T2 and T1 with Gd-DTPA) Pre-operative Histological preparation of the lesion - showing chronic granulomatous lesion with chronic inflammatory cells and Langhan's giant cells consistent with Sarcoidosis (Hematoxylin & eosin staining)
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