title: Burkitt leukemia with numb chin syndrome and cavernous sinus involvement.
abstract: Cavernous sinus syndrome is a rare event. Non-Hodgkin lymphomas, are one possible cause. Neurological presentation of these lymphomas is also exceptional. We report the case of an 11-year-old boy that developed a right third cranial nerve palsy and numbness in the distribution of the right mental nerve, with normal CSF, and enlargement of cavernous sinus on the same side, who was diagnosed Burkitt leukemia.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroradiology, Hospital de S. João, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Daniela Vasconcelos
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Seixas
authors.forename: Ana Luísa
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Lobo
authors.forename: Nuno Jorge
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Farinha
authors.forename: Laurentina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cavadas
authors.forename: Maria Manuel
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Margarida
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ayres-Basto
authors.forename: Maria Teresa Lavandeira
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Pimenta
mesh_terms: D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002680:Chin; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed