title: Sarcoidosis of the spinal cord: literature review and report of eight cases.
abstract: Sarcoidosis, which affects African Americans more than it does other racial/ethnic groups, only rarely manifests initially as spinal cord dysfunction. This paper presents the findings of eight patients with spinal cord dysfunction as part of a presentation of sarcoidosis. After reviewing these cases, we devised an algorithm to diagnose and manage spinal cord sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Keck Scchool of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. samerasa@usc.edu
authors.forename: Samer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saleh
authors.forename: Chandan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saw
authors.forename: Kamel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Marzouk
authors.forename: Om
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology