Cauda equina lymphoma mimicking non-neoplastic hypertrophic neuropathy of the cauda equina: A case report

• Published in: British journal of neurosurgery Vol. 30; no. 6; pp. 678 - 680
• Main Authors: Shin, Hong Kyung, Oh, Sun Kyu, Woo, Chang Gok, Huh, Joo Ryung, Suh, Cheol Won, Jeon, Sang Ryong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis Ltd 01.12.2016
• Subjects: Aged; Case reports; Cauda Equina; Combined Modality Therapy; Decompression, Surgical; Female; Humans; Hypertrophy; Laminectomy; Lymphoma; Lymphoma, B-Cell - diagnosis; Lymphoma, B-Cell - diagnostic imaging; Lymphoma, B-Cell - surgery; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neurosurgical Procedures; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases - diagnosis; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms - diagnosis; Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms - surgery; hypertrophic neuropathy of the cauda equine; intraoperative nerve stimulation; Cauda equina lymphoma
• ISSN: 0268-8697; 1360-046X
• DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2015.1111295

Spinal cauda equina lymphoma (CEL) is very rare, with only about 14 cases reported in the English medical literature. Magnetic resonance image findings and the gross appearance of CEL at surgery are similar to those of non-neoplastic hypertrophic neuropathy of the cauda equina (HNCE); however, their prognosis and treatment are very different. We report a case of CEL and discuss the differences from non-neoplastic HNCE.