Medullary compression after diffuse large B cell lymphoma at thoracic spine in an undiagnosed HIV positive patient: A case report
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rccot.2022.10.001Keywords:
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Spine, HIV infections, Spinal neoplasmsAbstract
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma is a rare kind of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that has been associated to HIV infection. This case report presents a male patient with an unusual case of lymphoma in the spine with medullary compression at T12. At the same time, he was diagnosed with a previously unknown HIV infection. The patient is intervened for the acute medullary compression with additional chemotherapy with a R-EPOCH scheme achieving significative improvement after a few weeks.
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