BMJ case reports, 2009, Vol.2009 (aug20 2), p.bcr0320091657-bcr0320091657
2009
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Spinal cord compression: to biopsy, or not to biopsy?
- Ist Teil von
- BMJ case reports, 2009, Vol.2009 (aug20 2), p.bcr0320091657-bcr0320091657
- Ort / Verlag
- England: BMJ Publishing Group LTD
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2009
- Quelle
- EZB Electronic Journals Library
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- A patient presenting with acute spinal cord compression initially thought to be secondary to metastatic cancer based on magnetic resonance imaging alone is described. No primary tumour was identified on further imaging, and although deemed to be technically very difficult, surgical decompression was postponed in favour of obtaining a histological diagnosis. Histology confirmed a low grade non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a diagnosis which would not have been considered had a biopsy not been undertaken. The correct curative treatment was subsequently initiated, and the patient responded well to localised radiotherapy and intrathecal methotrexate.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1757-790XeISSN: 1757-790XDOI: 10.1136/bcr.03.2009.1657Titel-ID: cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3029961
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- Schlagworte
- Antigens, Biopsy, Bone marrow, Chemotherapy, Constipation, Europe (West), Family medical history, Lymphoma, Male, Medical imaging, Metastasis, Nervous system, NMR, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Patients, Radiation therapy, Reminder of Important Clinical Lesson, Spinal cord, Tomography, Tuberculosis, White