Intramedullary spinal cord involvement: a rare presentation of sarcoidosis

Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of uncertain etiology, which predominantly affects the lungs, eyes, lymph nodes, and skin. Nervous system involvement (neurosarcoidosis) occurs in approximately 5–10% of patients, but spinal cord involvement is very rare, affecting <1% of patients....

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Autores principales: Padooru, Keerthi Reddy, Sen, Mitali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6613003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31308764
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S212229
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description Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of uncertain etiology, which predominantly affects the lungs, eyes, lymph nodes, and skin. Nervous system involvement (neurosarcoidosis) occurs in approximately 5–10% of patients, but spinal cord involvement is very rare, affecting <1% of patients. We present a rare case of intramedullary sarcoidosis.
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spelling pubmed-66130032019-07-15 Intramedullary spinal cord involvement: a rare presentation of sarcoidosis Padooru, Keerthi Reddy Sen, Mitali Int Med Case Rep J Case Report Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of uncertain etiology, which predominantly affects the lungs, eyes, lymph nodes, and skin. Nervous system involvement (neurosarcoidosis) occurs in approximately 5–10% of patients, but spinal cord involvement is very rare, affecting <1% of patients. We present a rare case of intramedullary sarcoidosis. Dove 2019-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6613003/ /pubmed/31308764 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S212229 Text en © 2019 Padooru and Sen. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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title_full Intramedullary spinal cord involvement: a rare presentation of sarcoidosis
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title_short Intramedullary spinal cord involvement: a rare presentation of sarcoidosis
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