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Multiple radiculopathy as the presenting manifestation of primary spinal leptomeningeal B cell lymphoma detected by flow cytometry of cerebrospinal fluid

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Primary leptomeningeal lymphoma is a rare syndrome characterized by lymphomatous meningeal infiltration without identification of systemic lymphoma or parenchymal central nervous system lymphoma. We report a case of a 62-year-old immunocompetent woman with primary spinal leptomeningeal lymphoma presenting as cervical and lumbar radiculopathy who is rare because of particularly unusual onset site of B cell lymphoma. Interestingly, the diagnosis was possible only by cerebrospinal fluid flow cytometry.

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  1. Department of Neurological, Neuropsychological, Morphological and Movement Sciences, Policlinico G. Rossi, University of Verona, Italy, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134, Verona, Italy

    Manuel Cappellari, Antonio Fiaschi & Maria Donata Benedetti

  2. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Haematology, Policlinico G. Rossi, University of Verona, Italy, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134, Verona, Italy

    Fabio Benedetti

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Cappellari, M., Benedetti, F., Fiaschi, A. et al. Multiple radiculopathy as the presenting manifestation of primary spinal leptomeningeal B cell lymphoma detected by flow cytometry of cerebrospinal fluid. Neurol Sci 32, 1171–1174 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-011-0613-5

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