Primary epidural lymphoma. Case report

J Neurosurg. 2003 Mar;98(2 Suppl):215-7. doi: 10.3171/spi.2003.98.2.0215.

Abstract

A case of follicular center cell lymphoma arising in the spinal dura mater is presented. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case of primary epidural lymphoma in which immunohistochemical and molecular investigations demonstrated a follicular center cell origin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Epidural Neoplasms / genetics
  • Epidural Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Epidural Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Gene Rearrangement
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / genetics
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lymphoma, Follicular / genetics
  • Lymphoma, Follicular / metabolism
  • Lymphoma, Follicular / pathology*
  • Male
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / genetics

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2