A case of acute progressive myelopathy due to intravascular large B cell lymphoma diagnosed with only random skin biopsy

Rinshō shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology
Hidekazu YamazakiYasuhiko Tsutumi

Abstract

A 64-year old woman was admitted to our hospital with subacute onset paraparesis and sensory disturbance at a level below Th10. Spinal MRI showed a T2 weighted high-signal intensity lesion at a level from Th5 to Th12, and an abdominal CT showed a mass in the left kidney. Her paraparesis deteriorated rapidly, and administration of high dose methyl prednisolone followed by oral steroid therapy was started before obtaining of a definitive diagnosis. However her symptoms did not improve after the beginning of treatment. At the same time, a bone marrow puncture, and biopsies from kidney and spinal cord were performed. These biopsies demonstrated no clues, diagnostically. Therefore a random skin biopsy was performed at the five sites on the 17th day after the steroid dosage end. From this, pathological evidence of intravascular large B cell lymphoma (IVLBCL) was shown. For rapid diagnosis of acute myelopathy with mass lesion of another organ due to IVLBCL, a biopsy is taken not only from spinal cord or mass lesions, but is also taken of multiple sites in skin randomly. This must be performed without a delay before a sudden deterioration of neurologic symptoms can occur from ischemic events not responsive to steroid therapy.

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Apr 19, 2008·Annales de dermatologie et de vénéréologie·V PallureL Meunier

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