Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis preceding primary central nervous system lymphoma: Spinal sentinel neuroinflammation

SER M. H., GÜLEÇ B., SALİHOĞLU A., UYGUNOĞLU U.

JOURNAL OF SPINAL CORD MEDICINE, vol.46, no.3, pp.521-524, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 46 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2023
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/10790268.2022.2087137
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF SPINAL CORD MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.521-524
  • Keywords: Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis, Primary central nervous system lymphoma, Sentinel neuroinflammation, Sentinel demyelination
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Case Description 65-year-old female diagnosed with longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis. She had excellent response to immunotherapy despite her atypical features, and her spinal lesion was fully recovered in the second month of the treatment. Findings Nine months after, she was diagnosed with primary cerebral central nervous system lymphoma while there was no recurrence of the spinal cord lesion as her most recent follow-up visit being 2 years after the LETM.