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Diagnostic Difficulties and Management of Childhood Lymphoma: A Case Report

M. Tien Yu Song
CHU JRA University of Antananarivo, Madagascar
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A. Ralitera
CHU JRA University of Antananarivo, Madagascar
C. U. Rasolofoson
CHU JRA University of Antananarivo, Madagascar
J. S. Bemora
CHU JRA University of Antananarivo, Madagascar
E. C. Rasolonjatovo
CHU JRA University of Antananarivo, Madagascar
W. Ratovondrainy
CHU JRA University of Antananarivo, Madagascar
R. Mamiarisoa
CHU JRA University of Antananarivo, Madagascar
C. Andriamamonjy
CHU JRA University of Antananarivo, Madagascar
DOI icon 10.24018/clinicmed.2021.2.4.70

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Submitted 2021-05-10
Published 2021-08-11

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Primary dural lymphoma is a rare pathology, it is part of the malignant lymphoma of the central nervous system and it can reach the extradural or subdural space. We report a case of a little boy of three years and two months admitted to the Department of Neurosurgery CHU JRA for multiple swellings in the scalp associated with an altered general condition. The CT scan revealed a multiple extra-axial expansive process with retro-orbital extension responsible for an important exophthalmos as well as at the scalp level. Anatomopathological examination of the dura mater biopsy revealed a malignant non-Hodgkin's small cell lymphoma. The patient underwent chemotherapy of 05 sessions and the evolution was marked by the persistence of the symptoms. The post chemotherapy brain scan showed considerable extension of the lesions. The next step would be radiotherapy.

Keywords: Chemotherapy, Dural lymphoma, Radiotherapy, Small cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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