title: Primary spinal epidural lymphomas. Report of ten cases.
abstract: The Authors report their results on the treatment of 10 cases of primary spinal epidural lymphoma. All patients underwent surgery followed by radiotherapy and 60% of them improved after treatment. The Authors stress the importance the preoperative neurological status and early diagnosis play on the prognosis. They conclude that only further studies on a large series can determine the influence of the histological type of the neoplasm on prognosis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004824:Epidural Space; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003907:Dexamethasone