Primary epidural lymphoma. Case report.
A case of follicular center cell lymphoma arising in the spinal dura mater is presented. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case of primary epidural lymphoma in which immunohistochemical and molecular investigations demonstrated a follicular center cell origin.
Alameda
Francesc
F
Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitari del Mar, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 86780@imas.imim.es
Pedro
Carme
C
Besses
Carles
C
Galitó
Emili
E
Mariñoso
Maria Luisa
ML
Munne
Assumpta
A
Serrano
Sergi
S
D000368:Aged; D015174:Epidural Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D006801:Humans; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008224:Lymphoma, Follicular / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000235:genetics
D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2