[MRI features of spinal neurosarcoidosis associed with cervical spondylosis].
BACKGROUND
Spinal neurosarcoidosis is rare and exceptionally inaugural.


METHODS
A 49-year-old African woman developed a progressive left Brown-Sequard syndrome. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the cervical spinal cord revealed an intramedullary lesion from C2 to T1 with intense pial enhancement after administration of contrast material associated with cervical spondylosis. The diagnostic of sarcoidosis was confirmed by liver biopsy which demonstrated noncaseating granulomas.


CONCLUSIONS
MRI features of spinal neurosarcoidosis were reviewed by the authors with focus on differential diagnosis.
Augier
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Service de radiologie, hôpital Avicenne, 125, route de Stalingrad, 93000 Bobigny, France. alexandre.augier@avc.aphp.fr
Ould Hmeidi
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Y
Neves
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Bonnet
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D
Brauner
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M
Dumas
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D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D018437:Brown-Sequard Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D055009:Spondylosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones