Intravascular lymphoma presenting as progressive paraparesis.

نویسندگان

  • C S Grove
  • P D Robbins
  • A G Kermode
چکیده

We present a patient with subacute progressive paraparesis secondary to intravascular lymphoma restricted to the spinal cord where initial laboratory and imaging studies were inconclusive. We emphasise the importance of a systematic approach to the diagnosis and highlight the utility of spinal cord biopsy to establish the definitive diagnosis of this rare but treatable illness.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia

دوره 15 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008