title: [Cauda equina syndrome leading to diagnosis of malignant non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the spine].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Malignant non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a lymphoid proliferation. Peripheral neuropathies are observed in only 2-8% of cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case in which cauda equina syndrome in a 29-year-old man led to the diagnosis of a painless non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the spine. Combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy produced spectacular improvement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Infiltration of the cauda equina roots is rare in malignant non-Hodgkin lymphoma and raises problems for positive diagnosis. The good outcome under treatment underlines the interest in considering this cause in disorders affecting the cauda equina, despite its rarity.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie-explorations fonctionnelles, CHU Ibn Rochd, Quartier des Hôpitaux, MA-20000 Casablanca, Maroc. mo.mi2@caramail.com
authors.forename: Mohammed Abdoh
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rafai
authors.forename: Fatima Zohra
authors.initials: FZ
authors.lastname: Boulaajaj
authors.forename: Bouchra El
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Moutawakkil
authors.forename: Meryem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bourezgui
authors.forename: Manal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sibai
authors.forename: Abderazak
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sahnoun
authors.forename: Abdellah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naja
authors.forename: Abdessamad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Azhari
authors.forename: Ilham
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Slassi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy