Abstract
We have experienced two patients with non Hodgkin's lymphoma in spinal epidural space. These two patients, a 62-year-old male (case 1), and a 41-year old male (case 2), manifested signs and symptoms of neurological involvement before the diagnosis of malignant lymphoma was established by tissue examination. The tumors were located in the thoracic (case 1) and lumbar regions (case 2). Laminectomy and tumor removal was followed by chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy. The primary regions in case 1 was a paraaortic lymph node and the spleen. In case 2, the primary region was the liver. The authors take a skeptical view of the existance of primary spinal epidural lymphoma, which has been reported a few times.
