| Title |
Spinal Leptomeningeal Lymphoma Presenting as Pseudotumor Syndrome |
| Creator |
Rebekah M. Ahmed, MBBS; John King, MD, FRACP; John Gibson, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCPA; Michael E. Buckland, MB, BS, PhD, FRCPA; Ruta Gupta, MD, FRCPA; Michael Gonzales, MB, BS, FRCPA; G. Michael Halmagyi, MD, FRACP |
| Affiliation |
Departments of Neurology, Haematology, and Neuropathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; and Departments of Neurology and Neuropathology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia |
| Abstract |
We describe 2 patients with inexorably progressive pseudotumor syndrome (intracranial hypertension without mass lesion or ventriculomegaly) both initially misdiagnosed as having idiopathic intracranial hypertension and who were eventually found to have spinal leptomeningeal lymphoma. Neither had, at any time, any clinical signs of a spinal cord or root lesion. We discuss the possible implications of these observations regarding the diagnosis and mechanism of the pseudotumor syndrome. |
| Subject |
Adult; Biopsy; Female; Humans; Intracranial Hypertension; Lymphoma; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Meningeal Neoplasms; Middle Older people; Spinal Cord Neoplasms; Spinal Nerve Roots |
| Date |
2013-03 |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/ |
| Publisher |
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
© North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6d53t1g |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_jno |
| ID |
227371 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6d53t1g |
