@article{5432fbaf10434b8fa729e9121ba5a4a8,
title = "Primary intramedullary spinal cord lymphoma presenting as a cervical ring-enhancing lesion in an AIDS patient",
abstract = "Primary intramedullary spinal cord lymphoma (PISCL) is rare and constitutes only 1% of central nervous system lymphomas. We report a case of PISCL in a 37-year-old man with advanced AIDS. To our knowledge, only 4 cases of PISCL in the setting of HIV/AIDS have been reported in the literature. Despite treatment, prognosis remains dismal.",
keywords = "AIDS, AIDS- related opportunistic infection, HIV, Intramedullary spinal cord neoplasms, Lymphoma",
author = "Viotti, {Julia Bini} and Susanne Doblecki and Luca, {Corneliu C.} and Nicholas Mackrides and Francisco Vega and Alcaide, {Maria L.}",
note = "Funding Information: Financial support. The Miami Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (P30AI073961) provided mentorship and assistance with manuscript development. We thank the Department of Radiology of the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, for providing the MRI figures. We also thank the Division of Hematopathology of the University of Miami/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Florida, for providing the pathology figures. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.",
year = "2018",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "5",
journal = "Open Forum Infectious Diseases",
issn = "2328-8957",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "6",
}