STUDY DESIGN: A case report is presented. OBJECTIVE: To report and discuss a case of primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 10 different vertebrae in the spine of a 25-year-old woman. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: To the authors' knowledge, a case of primary bone lymphoma in several vertebrae has not been reported previously. METHODS: Primary bone lymphoma was diagnosed using magnetic resonance images and biopsy of one spine lesion. There was no other localization of the lymphoma. RESULTS: With chemotherapeutic treatment, the lymphoma was in remission for 16 months. The patient then died of complications associated with acute lymphatic B-cell leukemia. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of primary bone lymphoma in a population with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is less than 1%. A case with multiple localizations of lymphoma in the spine has never been reported before.
STUDY DESIGN: A case report is presented. OBJECTIVE: To report and discuss a case of primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 10 different vertebrae in the spine of a 25-year-old woman. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: To the authors' knowledge, a case of primary bone lymphoma in several vertebrae has not been reported previously. METHODS: Primary bone lymphoma was diagnosed using magnetic resonance images and biopsy of one spine lesion. There was no other localization of the lymphoma. RESULTS: With chemotherapeutic treatment, the lymphoma was in remission for 16 months. The patient then died of complications associated with acute lymphatic B-cell leukemia. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of primary bone lymphoma in a population with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is less than 1%. A case with multiple localizations of lymphoma in the spine has never been reported before.