Burkitt leukemia with numb chin syndrome and cavernous sinus involvement.
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.
Seixas
Daniela Vasconcelos
DV
Division of Neuroradiology, Hospital de S. João, Porto, Portugal.
Lobo
Ana Luísa
AL
Farinha
Nuno Jorge
NJ
Cavadas
Laurentina
L
Campos
Maria Manuel
MM
Ayres-Basto
Margarida
M
Pimenta
Maria Teresa Lavandeira
MT
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