title: Primary vertebral lymphoma presenting with fracture.
abstract: We report a 15 year old girl admitted with back pain and multifocal osteolytic lesions without systemic symptoms at T7, L5, and S1 spinal vertebras. The child was diagnosed as having primary multifocal osseous lymphoma, in which multiple bones are involved in the absence of lymph node or visceral disease for at least 6 months following initial presentation.
authors.affiliation: GuLhane Military Medical Academy, School of Medicine and Department of Pediatrics, Ankara, Turkey. e_atas@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Erman
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Atas
authors.forename: Vural
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kesik
authors.forename: Erol
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kismet
authors.forename: Vedat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Koseoglu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*