Vertebra Plana with Paraplegia in a Middle-Aged Woman Caused by B-Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report

Vertebra plana is a rare presentation of spinal lymphoma. When radiological picture of a patient of paraplegia presents vertebra plana, diagnosis becomes a challenge. In a developing country like India tuberculosis should also be a consideration. Even histology sometimes fails to conclude a diagnosi...

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Autores principales: Zahid, Mohd., Ahamed, Sohail, Jain, Jitesh Kumar, Chabra, Ravish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3540688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23320227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/101506
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author Zahid, Mohd.
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description Vertebra plana is a rare presentation of spinal lymphoma. When radiological picture of a patient of paraplegia presents vertebra plana, diagnosis becomes a challenge. In a developing country like India tuberculosis should also be a consideration. Even histology sometimes fails to conclude a diagnosis. Immunohistochemistry is of immense help in clinching a diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-35406882013-01-14 Vertebra Plana with Paraplegia in a Middle-Aged Woman Caused by B-Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report Zahid, Mohd. Ahamed, Sohail Jain, Jitesh Kumar Chabra, Ravish Case Rep Orthop Case Report Vertebra plana is a rare presentation of spinal lymphoma. When radiological picture of a patient of paraplegia presents vertebra plana, diagnosis becomes a challenge. In a developing country like India tuberculosis should also be a consideration. Even histology sometimes fails to conclude a diagnosis. Immunohistochemistry is of immense help in clinching a diagnosis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3540688/ /pubmed/23320227 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/101506 Text en Copyright © 2012 Mohd. Zahid et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Vertebra Plana with Paraplegia in a Middle-Aged Woman Caused by B-Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report
title Vertebra Plana with Paraplegia in a Middle-Aged Woman Caused by B-Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report
title_full Vertebra Plana with Paraplegia in a Middle-Aged Woman Caused by B-Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report
title_fullStr Vertebra Plana with Paraplegia in a Middle-Aged Woman Caused by B-Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Vertebra Plana with Paraplegia in a Middle-Aged Woman Caused by B-Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report
title_short Vertebra Plana with Paraplegia in a Middle-Aged Woman Caused by B-Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report
title_sort vertebra plana with paraplegia in a middle-aged woman caused by b-cell lymphoma: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3540688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23320227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/101506
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