Burkitt leukemia with numb chin syndrome and cavernous sinus involvement

Cavernous sinus syndrome is a rare event. Non-Hodgkin lymphomas, are one possible cause. Neurological presentation of these lymphomas is also exceptional. We report the case of an 11-year-old boy that developed a right third cranial nerve palsy and numbness in the distribution of the right mental ne...

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Published in:European journal of paediatric neurology 2006-05, Vol.10 (3), p.145-147
Main Authors: Seixas, Daniela Vasconcelos, Lobo, Ana Luísa, Farinha, Nuno Jorge, Cavadas, Laurentina, Campos, Maria Manuel, Ayres-Basto, Margarida, Pimenta, Maria Teresa Lavandeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Burkitt lymphoma
Burkitt Lymphoma - complications
Burkitt Lymphoma - diagnostic imaging
Burkitt Lymphoma - pathology
Cavernous sinus
Cavernous Sinus - diagnostic imaging
Cavernous Sinus - pathology
Child
Chin
Cranial Nerve Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Cranial Nerve Diseases - epidemiology
Humans
Hypesthesia - etiology
Hypesthesia - pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Mandibular nerve
Numb chin syndrome
Oculomotor nerve
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Cavernous sinus syndrome is a rare event. Non-Hodgkin lymphomas, are one possible cause. Neurological presentation of these lymphomas is also exceptional. We report the case of an 11-year-old boy that developed a right third cranial nerve palsy and numbness in the distribution of the right mental nerve, with normal CSF, and enlargement of cavernous sinus on the same side, who was diagnosed Burkitt leukemia.
ISSN:1090-3798
1532-2130
DOI:10.1016/j.ejpn.2006.02.009