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

Hawley, J S; Ney, J P; Riechers, R G · Spinal Cord · 2006

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Case report. A case report of spinal sarcoidosis improving clinically and radiographically with treatment which correlated with improvement in cerebrospinal fluid T-lymphocyte subpopulation ratios. Walter Reed Army Medical Center. 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.

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