Non-Hodgkin lymphomas presenting with spinal epidural involvement

• Published in: Acta oncologica Vol. 28; no. 4; p. 485
• Main Authors: Di Marco, A, Campostrini, F, Garusi, G F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 1989
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Combined Modality Therapy; Epidural Space; Female; Humans; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - therapy; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; Prognosis; Spinal Cord Neoplasms - therapy

Spinal cord compression was the presenting symptom in 9 out of 299 previously undiagnosed non-Hodgkin lymphomas observed between 1972 and 1987. All patients had unfavourable histologic diagnosis and 4 had stage I E, 2 stage II E and 2 were staged as IV; one patient did not undergo a staging procedur...