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LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS PRESENTING AS A PROGRESSIVE CERVICAL CORD LESION
Author(s) -
COLLINS S.,
HELME R. D.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1989.tb00225.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphomatoid granulomatosis , lesion , cord , pathology , surgery , lymphoma
A 50‐year‐old male presented with symptoms of a progressive spinal cord lesion over two and a half months. Investigations, including myelography, CT scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), did not show cord compression although the MRI scan demonstrated thickening of the posterior cervical meninges. CSF examination revealed pleocytosis, increased total protein and cells suggestive of a lymphoproliferative disorder. Open lung biopsy of an asymptomatic toft mid‐zone mass was diagnostic of lymphomatoid granulomatosis. We believe this to be a case of lymphomatoid granulomatosis presenting as a progressive cervical myelopathy.