title: Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma presenting as radicular syndrome: report of two cases.
abstract: We report two cases of primary Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in the spine leading to radicular compression secondary to infiltration of lumbar body vertebras. The two patients were free of either nodular or other extra-nodular disease. Treatment consisted of chemotherapy alone, one patient have had a cauda equina syndrome and surgical decompression was performed in emergency. The patients were in remission for 20 months after diagnosis. A review is given for the incidence of primary vertebral localization of lymphoma, its diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Department, El Ayachi Teaching Hospital, CHU, Rabat-Salé, Morocco. latifatahiri@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tahiri
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Benbouazza
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amine
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Allali
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: El Mesbahi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hajjaj-Hassouni