title: Unusual presentation of a primary spinal Burkitt's lymphoma.
abstract: Primary CNS lymphomas are detected with increasing frequency in immunocompetent and immunodeficient persons. Primary involvement of the spinal roots has only rarely been reported. The unusual history is described of a patient with a primary spinal Burkitt's lymphoma initially presenting as an S1 syndrome showing lymphocytic pleocytosis in the CSF, leading to the misdiagnosis of meningoradiculitis. Repeated spinal MRI disclosed a spinal mass lesion and histological and immunohistological examination of the tumour confirmed the diagnosis of spinal Burkitt's lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Medical School of Hannover, Carl-Neuberg Strasse 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany. Wilkening.Anja@mh-hannover.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wilkening
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brack
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brandis
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Heidenreich
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dengler
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Weibetaenborn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*