Foot-drop due to involvement of lumbosacral plexus in diffuse large B-cell lymphomaİrfan Yavaşoğlu1, Gürhan Kadıköylü1, Ayça Özkul2, Zahit Bolaman11Department Of Internal Medicine, Hematology, Adnan Menderes University School Of Medicine, Ayd›n, Turkey
2Department Of Neurology, Adnan Menderes University School Of Medicine, Ayd›n, Turkey
Extranodal nerve system involvement is seen in approximately 5% of the patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas. It causes as primary or secondary infiltration of brain, leptomeninges, or peripheral nerves and the signs of spinal cord compression. Here we present a 67-year-old woman with advanced stage diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who developed foot-drop due to lumbosacral plexus involvement. Keywords: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, Lumbosacral plexus, Foot-drop.
Difüz büyük B-hücreli lenfomada lumbosakral pleksus tutulumuna bağlı düşük ayakİrfan Yavaşoğlu1, Gürhan Kadıköylü1, Ayça Özkul2, Zahit Bolaman11Department Of Internal Medicine, Hematology, Adnan Menderes University School Of Medicine, Aydın
2Department Of Neurology, Adnan Menderes University School Of Medicine, Ayd›n
Ekstranodal sinir sistemi tutulumu Non-Hodgkin lenfomalı hastaların yaklaşık %5’inde görülmektedir. Primer ya da sekonder olarak beyin, leptomeninks, periferik sinir infiltrasyonuna ve bazen spinal kord bası bulgularına neden olabilir. Biz, ileri evre difüz büyük B-hücreli lenfomalı 67 yaşındaki kadında lumbosakral pleksus infiltrasyonu nedeniyle ortaya çıkan düşük ayak gelişimini sunuyoruz. Anahtar Kelimeler: Difüz büyük B-hücreli lenfoma, Lumbosakral pleksus, Düşük ayak.
İrfan Yavaşoğlu, Gürhan Kadıköylü, Ayça Özkul, Zahit Bolaman. Foot-drop due to involvement of lumbosacral plexus in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Turk J Hematol. 2006; 23(1): 63-67
Corresponding Author: İrfan Yavaşoğlu |
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