title: Primary spinal epidural non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in childhood: a review of 6 cases.
abstract: We report a retrospective study regarding 6 children with primary epidural non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and analyse the factors influencing prognosis with emphasis on treatment. Four patients were females and 2 males. The neurological condition of patients was assessed pre- and postoperatively according to Shaw's classification for neurological disability. All patients were submitted to surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Histologically, the tumour proved to be a high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in all cases. At follow-up, all patients are alive after a median interval of 52 months (range 24-72 months). This study showed that the outcome of patients depends on the gravity of pre-operative deficits whereas the survival is influenced by the type of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, Neurosurgery, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raco
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cervoni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salvati
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Delfini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D015174:Epidural Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*