1. Vertebral sarcoidosis with paravertebral ossification
- Author
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Gunther Sf, Cooney Fd, Witorsch P, Damergis J, Werner F. Barth, and Perlman Sg
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Sarcoidosis ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Immunology ,Black male ,Lumbar vertebrae ,Quadriplegia ,Rheumatology ,medicine ,Humans ,Immunology and Allergy ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Cervical fusion ,Ankylosing spondylitis ,Lumbar Vertebrae ,Ossification ,business.industry ,Ossification, Heterotopic ,Laminectomy ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Radiography ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Cervical Vertebrae ,Spinal Diseases ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Cervical vertebrae - Abstract
A young black male with sarcoidosis developed quadriplegia after a fall. Roentgenograms of the spine revealed extensive lytic and scierotic changes with paravertebral bony bridges simulating ankylosing spondylitis. He recovered on corticosteroid therapy after laminectomy and cervical fusion. Review of the literature suggests that this case of vertebral sarcoidosis is the most severe yet reported and the first with paravertebral ossification.
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- 1978