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Intradural-extramedullary isolated compressive sarcoid lesion

dc.contributor.authorSmith, Kyle A.
dc.contributor.authorAsante, Samuel K.
dc.contributor.authorClough, John
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-11T00:24:34Z
dc.date.available2017-09-11T00:24:34Z
dc.date.issued2016-11
dc.identifier.citationSmith, K. A., Asante, S. K., & Clough, J. (2016). Intradural-extramedullary isolated compressive sarcoid lesion. Surgical Neurology International, 7(Suppl 38), S917–S918. http://doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.194520en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/24940
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dc.description.abstractBackground: Sarcoid involvement of the central nervous system is a rare occurrence, with involvement in approximately 5–10% of all cases. Isolated spinal involvement is an even rarer encounter, only 0.3–1% of all cases. These lesions can form compressive nodules leading to myelopathy. In the presented case of cervical sarcoid, the patient required a decompressive procedure to address cord compression.

Case Description: This is the case of a 39-year-old male presenting with cervical myelopathy caused by a compressive sarcoid nodule who underwent a successful posterior decompressive procedure. The pathology demonstrated a non-caseating granuloma, consistent with sarcoid. Postoperatively, the patient's myelopathic symptoms improved.

Conclusions: Sarcoid is rarely associated with an isolated compressive cervical lesion. Although sarcoid management typically involves immune suppression, in cases of active cord compression surgical intervention is warranted.		en_US
dc.publisherMedKnow Publicationsen_US
dc.rights© 2016 Surgical Neurology International. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.en_US
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dc.subjectCervical massen_US
dc.subjectCervical myelopathyen_US
dc.subjectNeurosarcoiden_US
dc.subjectSarcoiden_US
dc.subjectSpinal sarcoiden_US
dc.titleIntradural-extramedullary isolated compressive sarcoid lesionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorSmith, Kyle A.
kusw.kuauthorAsante, Samuel K.
kusw.kuauthorClough, John
kusw.kudepartmentNeurosurgeryen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4103/2152-7806.194520en_US
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher versionen_US
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.en_US
dc.identifier.pmidPMC5159688en_US
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© 2016 Surgical Neurology International. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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