Intramedullary spinal sarcoidosis: clinical improvement reflected in T-lymphocyte subpopulation ratios.
METHODS
Case report.


OBJECTIVE
A case report of spinal sarcoidosis improving clinically and radiographically with treatment which correlated with improvement in cerebrospinal fluid T-lymphocyte subpopulation ratios.


METHODS
Walter Reed Army Medical Center.


METHODS
A 46-year-old man presented with an enhancing spinal cord lesion. Lymph node biopsy confirmed sarcoidosis, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis showed elevation in the ratio of two T-lymphocyte subpopulations. Treatment with steroids resulted in clinical resolution and immunocytologic improvement in the CSF.
Hawley
J S
JS
Department of Neurology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA.
Ney
J P
JP
Riechers
R G
RG
D000328:Adult; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D013256:Steroids