title: Primary epidural lymphoma. Case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitari del Mar, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 86780@imas.imim.es
authors.forename: Francesc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alameda
authors.forename: Carme
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pedro
authors.forename: Carles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Besses
authors.forename: Emili
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Galitó
authors.forename: Maria Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Mariñoso
authors.forename: Assumpta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Munne
authors.forename: Sergi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Serrano
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2