A case of primary spinal intramedullary lymphoma.
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Surgical Neurology
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2001
- Volume
- 55
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 261–264
- Identifiers
- PMID: 11516461
- Source
- Medline
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
A 41-year-old male presented to our clinic with a 1-month history of left hemiparesis. He had marked left arm weakness. The diagnostic work-up revealed an intramedullary mass at spinal level C2-4. Laminectomies were performed at C2-3-4 and the tumor was subtotally resected. Histological examination identified the mass as a non-Hodgkin's diffuse B-cell lymphoma. The patient was treated with corticosteroids, chemotherapy, and adjuvant radiotherapy. The residual tumor tissue had completely disappeared by 6 months of follow-up; however, the patient presented with intraventricular metastasis at 11 months postsurgery.