title: Successful treatment of spinal sarcoidosis by high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone.
abstract: A man with known pulmonary sarcoidosis presented with paraplegia and a rod-shaped increase in T2 signal intensity in his cervical and upper thoracic spine. Initial treatment efforts using oral doses of 40 mg of methyl-prednisolone were futile, but intravenous bolus therapy (500 mg of methyl-prednisolone daily for 1 week) led to long-lasting improvement of his neurological status and to normalization of MRI findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soucek
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Prior
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Luef
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Birbamer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bauer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D008775:Methylprednisolone