Sarcoidosis presenting as an isolated extradural thoracolumbar lesion mimicking tumour

Abstract

A 44-year-old woman presented with a single large extradural spinal lesion, mimicking schwannoma, as the first and only manifestation of sarcoidosis. She underwent total macroscopic excision. Four months later she was neurologically intact, with no radiological evidence of recurrence.

Key words:

• Epidural
• sarcoidosis
• spine
• tumour