title: MRI of sarcoid spondylodiskitis.
abstract: We report the MR appearance of a rare case of sarcoidosis of the spine presenting as spondylodiskitis. Vertebral and disk signal changes were typical for diskitis. In the appropriate clinical setting the differential diagnosis of diskitis should include sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington 40536-0084.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Kenney
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology