title: Peripheral neuropathy associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related Burkitt's lymphoma.
abstract: Peripheral neuropathy associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related Burkitt's lymphoma usually occurs as a toxic effect of chemotherapeutic agents. Whereas primary peripheral nerve involvement is an unusual complication, we report on a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patient with Burkitt's lymphoma and sciatic neuropathy due to compression by a lymphomatous mass. Therapy with radiation and chemotherapy was followed by clinical and radiological improvement, but recurrent neurological deficits in a similar distribution occurred later from lymphomatous meningitis.
authors.affiliation: Neuro-AIDS Research Program, Departments of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Box 1052, Mount Sinai Medical Center, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, New York 10029, USA.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Wulff
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000821:virology; D012584:Sciatic Nerve