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. 2006 Jun;98(6):965–976.

Sarcoidosis of the spinal cord: literature review and report of eight cases.

Samer Saleh 1, Chandan Saw 1, Kamel Marzouk 1, Om Sharma 1
PMCID: PMC2569364  PMID: 16775923

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.

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