1. Primary spinal epidural non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in childhood: a review of 6 cases.
- Author
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Raco A, Cervoni L, Salvati M, and Delfini R
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- Adolescent, Child, Epidural Neoplasms drug therapy, Epidural Neoplasms radiotherapy, Epidural Neoplasms surgery, Female, Humans, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin drug therapy, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin radiotherapy, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin surgery, Male, Prognosis, Retrospective Studies, Spinal Cord Neoplasms drug therapy, Spinal Cord Neoplasms radiotherapy, Spinal Cord Neoplasms surgery, Epidural Neoplasms therapy, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin therapy, Spinal Cord Neoplasms therapy
- Abstract
We report a retrospective study regarding 6 children with primary epidural non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and analyse the factors influencing prognosis with emphasis on treatment. Four patients were females and 2 males. The neurological condition of patients was assessed pre- and postoperatively according to Shaw's classification for neurological disability. All patients were submitted to surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Histologically, the tumour proved to be a high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in all cases. At follow-up, all patients are alive after a median interval of 52 months (range 24-72 months). This study showed that the outcome of patients depends on the gravity of pre-operative deficits whereas the survival is influenced by the type of treatment.
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- 1997
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