title: Sarcoidosis presenting as an isolated extradural thoracolumbar lesion mimicking tumour.
abstract: A 44-year-old woman presented with a single large extradural spinal lesion, mimicking schwannoma, as the first and only manifestation of sarcoidosis. She underwent total macroscopic excision. Four months later she was neurologically intact, with no radiological evidence of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE59RS, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barazi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bodi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015174:Epidural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome