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Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in multiple vertebrae presenting as a lumbar radicular syndrome: A case report
S C M Ebus1, H J J A Bernsen, G J Norel Van
1Department of Neurology, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Study Design:
A case report is presented.
Objective:
To report and discuss a case of primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 10 different vertebrae in the spine of a 25-year-old woman.
Summary Of Background Data:
To the authors' knowledge, a case of primary bone lymphoma in several vertebrae has not been reported previously.
Methods:
Primary bone lymphoma was diagnosed using magnetic resonance images and biopsy of one spine lesion. There was no other localization of the lymphoma.
Results:
With chemotherapeutic treatment, the lymphoma was in remission for 16 months. The patient then died of complications associated with acute lymphatic B-cell leukemia.
Conclusions:
The incidence of primary bone lymphoma in a population with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is less than 1%. A case with multiple localizations of lymphoma in the spine has never been reported before.