Sarcoidosis presenting as an isolated extradural thoracolumbar lesion mimicking tumour

Br J Neurosurg. 2008 Oct;22(5):690-1. doi: 10.1080/02688690802020605.

Abstract

A 44-year-old woman presented with a single large extradural spinal lesion, mimicking schwannoma, as the first and only manifestation of sarcoidosis. She underwent total macroscopic excision. Four months later she was neurologically intact, with no radiological evidence of recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Epidural Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Low Back Pain / etiology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neurilemmoma / diagnosis*
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnosis*
  • Sarcoidosis / surgery
  • Spinal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Spinal Diseases / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome