T-cell type primary spinal intramedullary lymphoma associated with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I after a renal transplant: case report

Neurosurgery. 1996 May;38(5):1036-9. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199605000-00036.

Abstract

We present the first report of primary spinal intramedullary lymphoma of the T-cell type associated with human T-cell lymphotropic virus Type I infection in a 52-year-old woman who had undergone a renal transplant. The pathogenesis of spinal cord T-cell lymphoma is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / pathology
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery*
  • Kidney Transplantation* / pathology
  • Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / diagnosis
  • Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / pathology
  • Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / radiotherapy
  • Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / surgery*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Complications / pathology
  • Postoperative Complications / radiotherapy
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery*
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Reoperation
  • Spinal Cord / pathology
  • Spinal Cord / surgery
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / pathology
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / surgery*