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. 2011 Jan;2(1):3-11.
doi: 10.4103/0974-8237.85307.

Primary spinal epidural lymphomas

Goutham Cugati  1 , Manish Singh, Anil Pande, Ravi Ramamurthi, Mahalakshmi Balasubramanyam, Sumer K Sethi, Ajai Kumar Singh
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Primary spinal epidural lymphomas

Goutham Cugati et al. J Craniovertebr Junction Spine. 2011 Jan.

Abstract

An epidural location for lymphoma is observed in 0.1-6.5% of all the lymphomas. Primary spinal epidural lymphoma (PSEL) is a subset of lymphomas, where there are no other recognizable sites of lymphomas at the time of diagnosis. The incidence of this subset of lymphomas is much less. It, however, is increasingly diagnosed, due to the increased use of more sensitive imaging modalities. For the electronic search, Pubmed was used to identify journals that enlisted and enumerated PSEL from 1961 to January 2011. The following combination of terms: "primary," "spinal," "epidural," and "lymphoma" were used. The most significant articles and their bibliographies were analyzed by the authors. The symptoms, pathogenesis, diagnostic workup, histopathology, treatment, and outcome have been analyzed in a systematic manner.

Keywords: Epidural tumors; primary spinal epidural lymphomas; spinal lymphomas.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Diagrammatic representation showing the location of the primary spinal epidural lymphoma in the sagittal section
Figure 2
Figure 2
Diagrammatic representation showing the location of the primary spinal epidural lymphoma in the axial section
Figure 3
Figure 3
Sagittal postcontrast T1-weighted image of the cervical spine reveals enhancing sheet-like lesion in the posterior epidural region compressing the cervical cord. Shown by arrow mark
Figure 4
Figure 4
Axial postcontrast T1-weighted image of the same case, showing enhancing nodular soft tissue in the posterior epidural region. Shown by arrow marks
Figure 5
Figure 5
Proposed treatment protocol
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