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Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Chronic Spinal Cord Compression
Published on: May 7, 2019
[T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia revealed by spinal cord compression]
Khalil Haouach1, Ilias Tazi, Lahoussin Mahmal
1Service d'hématologie, CHU Mohamed VI, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco. khalilhaouach@yahoo.fr
Abstract:
T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia is a lymphoid hematologic malignancy of T origin, mature, individualized well by the clinical, morphological, and immunophenotypic as well as cytogenetic aspects. We report the case of a 39-year-old man admitted in our department because of a spinal cord compression. The cerebrospinal fluid analysis had revealed an increased albuminemia level; MRI evoked a vertebral infiltration by a malignancy. Evolution was characterized by the appearance of a tumor syndrome and a peripheral lymphocytosis. Immunophenotyping and the lymph node biopsy concluded of a diagnosis of a T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia. To our knowledge, we report here the first case of T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia revealed by a spinal cord compression.
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