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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2023

A Unique Case of Sarcoid-associated Myelopathy Accompanied by Lung Cancer.

Koh Tadokoro, Yumi Nakada, Ryo Sasaki, Yumiko Nakano, Taijun Yunoki, Kotaro Shin, Masataka Taoka, Kiichiro Ninomiya, Emi Nomura, Mami Takemoto and 2 more

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Koh TadokoroDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan.
Yumi NakadaDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan.
Ryo SasakiDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan.
Yumiko NakanoDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan.
Taijun YunokiDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan.
Kotaro ShinCenter for Graduate Medical Education, Okayama University, Japan.
Masataka TaokaDepartment of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, Japan.
Kiichiro NinomiyaDepartment of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, Japan.
Emi NomuraDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan.
Mami TakemotoDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan.
Ryuta MoriharaDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan.
Toru YamashitaDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan.
Okayama University · JPOkayama University Hospital · JP

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Abstract

The differential diagnosis of myelopathy in patients with malignancies may be challenging, as a spinal biopsy is not always applicable. A 66-year-old woman who had shown transient double vision and nausea developed spasticity and impaired deep sensation in both feet. Magnetic resonance imaging showed abnormal gadolinium enhancement of the brainstem, spinal meninges, and nerve root. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) revealed mild pleocytosis and elevated protein and decreased glucose levels, although CSF cytology was normal. Lung carcinoma was simultaneously detected, and noncaseating granuloma was detected from the hilar and axillary lymph nodes, so she was diagnosed with sarcoid-associated myelopathy. Her symptoms were kept stable by intravenous methylprednisolone, oral prednisolone, and methotrexate. This is the first case of sarcoid-associated myelopathy accompanied by lung cancer, suggesting the importance of clinical course, repetitive CSF cytology, and a biopsy of the lymph nodes to distinguish sarcoid-associated myelopathy from meningeal metastasis in patients with malignancies.

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Bone Marrow DiseasesLung NeoplasmsSarcoidosisSpinal Cord DiseasesAgedContrast MediaFemaleGadoliniumHumansContrast MediaGadoliniumlung cancermyelopathysarcoidosis

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