[Primary intramedullary lymphoma. Case report].
A 66-year-old female presented primary intramedullary spinal cord lymphoma. This patient was referred for lower limbs weakness, which had developed six weeks earlier and right C5 radiculalgia. Physical examination revealed a medullary syndrome with Claude-Bernard-Horner syndrome. The diagnosis was established after MRI and biopsy (dorsal myelotomy). The patient was given chemotherapy and craniospinal adjuvant radiotherapy (30 Grays). The clinical, radiological and therapeutic features are discussed.
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Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU d'Amiens-Nord, Place Victor-Pauchet, 80054 Amiens Cedex 01, France. jojo.peltier@caramail.com
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D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007796:Laminectomy; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D014746:Vimentin / Q000378:metabolism
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