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One year ago, this 59-year-old woman developed rapidly progressive leg weakness. An exploratory laparotomy and biopsy of a large retroperitoneal mass demonstrated a diffuse large cell lymphoma. A partial response with cyclophosphamide, Adriamycin (doxorubicin), Oncovin (vincristine)-bleomycin (CHOP-BLEO) and subsequent delivery of 3600 cGy to the whole abdomen still did not make the mass disappear on computed tomography (CT), so Cytoxan and prednisone were added. The mass began to grow and this was accompanied by nausea, vomiting, neutropenia, fever, and leg weakness.
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Moss, W.T. (1994). Cauda Equina Syndrome Secondary to Lymphoma. In: Kagan, A.R., Steckel, R.J. (eds) Practical Approaches to Cancer Invasion and Metastases. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84885-8_23
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