Cauda equina lymphoma mimicking non-neoplastic hypertrophic neuropathy of the cauda equina: A case report
Hong Kyung Shin1, Sun Kyu Oh1, Chang Gok Woo2
1a Department of Neurological Surgery , Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine , Seoul , Korea.
British Journal of Neurosurgery
|November 27, 2015
Abstract:
Spinal cauda equina lymphoma (CEL) is very rare, with only about 14 cases reported in the English medical literature. Magnetic resonance image findings and the gross appearance of CEL at surgery are similar to those of non-neoplastic hypertrophic neuropathy of the cauda equina (HNCE); however, their prognosis and treatment are very different. We report a case of CEL and discuss the differences from non-neoplastic HNCE.


