Clinical Imaging
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 478-481 , November 2009

Sarcoidosis of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, mimicking metastasis or multifocal osteomyelitis by MRI: case report

Received 10 October 2008 ,Accepted 6 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.02.002

Clinical Imaging
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 478-481 , November 2009

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