BURKITTS-LYMPHOMA OF THE SKULL BASE PRESENTING AS CAVERNOUS SINUS SYNDROME IN EARLY-CHILDHOOD

Authors
KALINA P BLACK K WOLDENBERG R
Citation
P. Kalina et al., BURKITTS-LYMPHOMA OF THE SKULL BASE PRESENTING AS CAVERNOUS SINUS SYNDROME IN EARLY-CHILDHOOD, Pediatric radiology, 26(6), 1996, pp. 416-417
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging",Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03010449
Volume
26
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
416 - 417
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0449(1996)26:6<416:BOTSBP>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the skull base presenting with neuro -ophthalmologic abnormalities or cavernous sinus involvement is very r are in children. We have found only 13 reported cases of cavernous sin us involvement by lymphoma [1]. We report the case of the youngest chi ld diagnosed with Burkitt's lymphoma of the cavernous sinus and spheno id sinus, whose first presentation was cavernous sinus syndrome with n euro-ophthalmologic findings.