The spinal epidural space is an uncommon presenting site in primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas,especially for children.A boy suffered spinal cord compression syndrome caused by primary spinal epidural non-Hodgkin’s lym...The spinal epidural space is an uncommon presenting site in primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas,especially for children.A boy suffered spinal cord compression syndrome caused by primary spinal epidural non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.Thoracolumbar magnetic reso-nance imaging(MRI)demonstrated an intraspinal mass.An operation was performed with gross total tumor removal.Histological examination revealed a non-Hodgkin’s B-cell lymphoma.Bone marrow aspiration was negative for lymphoma involvement.No other therapies(chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy)were per-formed according to the parents’opinion.The patient died approximately one year after the operation due to brain metastases.The clinical course and imaging features were discussed with a review of literatures.展开更多
文摘The spinal epidural space is an uncommon presenting site in primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas,especially for children.A boy suffered spinal cord compression syndrome caused by primary spinal epidural non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.Thoracolumbar magnetic reso-nance imaging(MRI)demonstrated an intraspinal mass.An operation was performed with gross total tumor removal.Histological examination revealed a non-Hodgkin’s B-cell lymphoma.Bone marrow aspiration was negative for lymphoma involvement.No other therapies(chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy)were per-formed according to the parents’opinion.The patient died approximately one year after the operation due to brain metastases.The clinical course and imaging features were discussed with a review of literatures.