Malignant lymphoma originating in the cauda equina mimicking the inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1029-1032

  Tajima, Yasutaka ^a   Sudo, Kazumasa ^a   Matumoto, Akihisa ^a  

^a SAPPORO CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy; Malignant lymphoma; MRI

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHOTREXATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TENDON REFLEX;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CAUDA EQUINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYRADICULOPATHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547870535     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0005     Document Type: Article

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