A rare case of spinal sarcoidosis presenting as multiple bone marrow oedematous lesions

Anat Bel-ange, Sigal Tal, Micha Rapoport

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Abstract

Sarcoidosis is a systemic disorder that most commonly affects the lungs. Bone involvement is rare, and spinal involvement is even more rare. The presence of focal lesions of the vertebrae is highly suspicious of advanced malignancy. However, malignant metastatic spread to the spine involves the vertebral cortex rather than the bone marrow itself, a distinction that is often missed and therefore misleading. We describe here a middle-aged woman with multiple focal oedematous lesions of the bone marrow suspected of being advanced malignancy but finally diagnosed as a rare case of spinal sarcoidosis.

Original languageEnglish
JournalEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Volume5
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

Keywords

  • Bone marrow oedema
  • MRI
  • Sarcoid bone lesions
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Spine

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