• Title/Summary/Keyword: 원발성 척추 경막외 임파종

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Primary Spinal Epidural Lymphoma Mimicking Epidural Abscess in a Diabetic - A Case Report - (당뇨 환자에서 경막외 농양과의 감별을 요한 원발성 척추 경막외 임파종 - 증례보고 -)

  • Kim, Se Hoon;Lim, Dong Jun;Cho, Tai Hyoung;Chung, Yong Gu;Lee, Hoon Kap;Lee, Ki Chan;Suh, Jung Keun
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.395-399
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    • 2001
  • Primary spinal epidural lymphoma(SEL), i.e. occurring in the absence of any detectable extraspinal lymphoproliferative disorder, is an unusual cause of spinal cord compression. The authors report a 48-year-old, diabetic woman presented with back pain followed by acute paraparesis and voiding difficulty. She had been treated with acupunctures on her back before admission, and complete blood count showed leukocytosis with neutrophilia and increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate(ESR). Thoracic spine magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) revealed an epidural mass extending from T5 to T8 with compression of the spinal cord. Emergency decompressive laminectomy was performed with a tentative diagnosis of spinal epidural abscess, but a B-cell lymphoma was final pathologic diagnosis. Further staging showed no other sites of lymphoma, and the spinal lesion was treated by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The authors stress that primary SEL can mimic spinal epidural abscess(SEA) in the diabetic patient and should be a diagnostic consideration in patients with a syndrome of acute spinal cord compression manifested by a prodrome of back pain and neuroimaging consistent with an epidural compressive lesion, especially in a diabetic.

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Primary Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas Presenting with Extradural Spinal Cord Compression as the Initial Manifestation (초기 증상으로 척수 압박 증세를 보인 원발성 Non-Hodgkin 임파종)

  • Kim, Se Hoon;Lim, Dong Jun;Cho, Tai Hyoung;Park, Jung Yul;Chung, Yong Gu;Lee, Hoon Kap;Lee, Ki Chan;Suh, Jung Keun
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • v.29 no.10
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    • pp.1365-1371
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    • 2000
  • Objectives : Spinal cord compression is a rare presentation of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma(NHL), occurring in 0.1% to 10.2% of patients. Primary spinal extradural NHL, i.e. occurring in the absence of any detectable extraspinal lymphoproliferative disorder, has a potentially favourable outcome if diagnosed and treated early. The authors describe two patients with a clinical picture of acute spinal cord compression as the first presentation of NHL. Methods : The patients were 48-year-old female and 27-year-old female. Both presented with back pain followed by acute paraparesis and voiding difficulty. One patient was diabetic. Plain radiographs of the spine were not specific. Thoracic spine magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) revealed evidence of extradural soft tissue mass extending multiple vertebral segments. Results : The patients underwent emergency laminectomy for decompression and tissue diagnosis. Histological and immunohistochemical study revealed B-cell lymphoma, intermediate grade in both patients. Postoperative staging did not reveal any additional lesions other than extradural manifestation of the malignant lymphoma. Surgery with additional chemotherapy and radiotherapy allowed the clinical improvement of both patients. Conclusion : The authors report two patients with a clinical picture of acute spinal cord compression as the first presentation of NHL, and stress that primary spinal epidural NHL should be a diagnostic consideration in the patient without prior history of malignancy who presents with a prodrome of back pain followed by a rapid neurological deterioration.

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