Spinal epidural malignant lymphoma presenting with spinal cord compression.
Malignant lymphoma initially presenting with symptoms and signs of spinal cord compression are a rare occurrence. We present 20 cases of spinal epidural lymphoma first diagnosed on laminectomy biopsy specimens with a review of clinical data and histology, as well as an immunohistochemical study to determine the immunophenotype of these lymphomas. Eighteen cases were typed as B cell lymphomas, 2 as T cell lymphomas.
Department of Neuropathology, Brook General Hospital, London, UK.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015174:Epidural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D015996:Survival Rate