Case reports in neurological medicine.
Publisher:
Hindawi Pub. Corp.
Country: United States
Language: English
Start Year:2011 -
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 2090-6676 (Electronic) 2090-6668 (Print) 2090-6676 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 101576451 |
| (OCoLC): | 775744922 |
| LCCN: | 2012243185 |
Rare Case of Spinal Neurosarcoidosis with Concomitant Epidural Lipomatosis. Spinal neurosarcoidosis is a rare disease that can manifest as myelopathy, radiculopathy, or cauda equine syndrome. Spinal epidural lipomatosis is also a rare condition resulting from overgrowth of epidural fat tissue causing compressive myelopathy. To our knowledge, there are no reports linking epidural lipomatosis and spinal neurosarcoidosis. . We describe a case of progressive myelitis in the presence of concomitant spinal neurosarcoidosis and epidural lipomatosis which was a challenging diagnosis with complete response to treatment after addressing both diseases. Both etiologies are inflam...