Spinal cord involvement in Burkitt-type lymphoma: report of a case
Drummond, M.C.; De Andrade, S.A.; Moreira Filho, M.D.; Magalhães, V.R.
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria 43(2): 210-213
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-282X PMID: 4062607 Document Number: 245764
Case report of Burkitt's type lymphoma with involvement of the spinal cord in a three years-old child. An epidural tumoral mass (T11-L1) was removed surgically (Fig. 2), and clinical conditions improved for a short period of time (1 and 1/2 months) after which symptoms reappeared. At this occasion a computerized tomography showed a tumoral mass occupying the spinal canal with high density at the L2 level. The patient died 6 months after the beginning of the disease. General considerations are made on Burkitt's lymphoma.