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Multifocal extramedullary spinal sarcoid lesions mimicking leptomeningeal metastasis

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    Yasuyuki Shiraishi, Atsushi Kimura, Atsushi Seichi, Hirokazu Inoue, Kenichi Yamamuro, Masahiro Kojima & Yuichi Hoshino

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Shiraishi, Y., Kimura, A., Seichi, A. et al. Multifocal extramedullary spinal sarcoid lesions mimicking leptomeningeal metastasis. J Orthop Sci 18, 343–346 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-011-0164-x

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