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An MR image of spinal cord sarcoidosis
Y Manabe1, K Sakai, K Takahashi
1Department of Neurology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
Neurological Research
|December 22, 1999
Abstract:
We present a case of spinal cord sarcoidosis with a unique magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) finding. MRI of the cervical spine revealed an unusual lesion of low signal intensity on T2-weighted image at the core of the lesion surrounded by high signal intensity. T1-weighted gadolinium enhanced image showed a high signal at the core lesion. Low signal intensity on T2-weighted image in the case was suggested to be due to hemosiderin deposition. Steroid therapy dramatically improved clinical symptoms with a marked reduction of peripheral T2 high intensity area and the core lesion size detected by gadolinium enhancement.