Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 21 (2014) 538
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Comment on: Marginal zone lymphoma of the thoracic dura causing spinal cord compression (Dey et al.) Dear Professor Kaye, It was with great interest that we read the Case Report titled ‘‘Marginal zone lymphoma of the thoracic dura causing spinal cord compression’’ by Dey et al., published in the January 2013 edition of the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience [1]. Occurrences of marginal zone B-cell lymphomas (MZBCL) along the neuraxis are indeed rare, although there has been an increasing number of intracranial cases of MZBCL reported in recent literature [2–5]. However, we would like to point out that Dey et al. have not been the first to report a case of primary MZBCL of the thoracic spine. Last year we published a detailed report of such a case along with an extensive review on all previously reported central nervous system occurrences of this pathology [6]. We are convinced this was not an intentional omission by the authors but likely an overlap in preparation of the manuscript and online availability of our review. It would be very kind if you could forward this information to readers of the Journal. References [1] Dey M, Daniel S, Wong RH, et al. Marginal zone lymphoma of the thoracic dura causing spinal cord compression. J Clin Neurosci 2013;20:171–3. [2] Assaf C, Coupland SE, Hummel M, et al. Relapse of primary extranodal marginalzone B-cell lymphoma of the dura mater. Lancet Oncol 2005;6:187–9.
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[3] Tu PH, Giannini C, Judkins AR, et al. Clinicopathologic and genetic profile of intracranial marginal zone lymphoma: a primary low-grade CNS lymphoma that mimics meningioma. J Clin Oncol 2005;23:5718–27. [4] Ferguson SD, Musleh W, Gurbuxani S, et al. Intracranial mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. J Clin Neurosci (official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia) 2010;17:666–9. [5] Iwamoto FM, DeAngelis LM, Abrey LE. Primary dural lymphomas: a clinicopathologic study of treatment and outcome in eight patients. Neurology 2006;66:1763–5. [6] Ahmadi SA, Frank S, Hanggi D, et al. Primary spinal marginal zone lymphoma: case report and review of the literature. Neurosurgery 2012;71:E495–508 [discussion E508].
Sebastian A. Ahmadi Department of Neurosurgery, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstrasse 5, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany Tel.: +49 21 1811 7919. E-mail address:
[email protected] Sven O. Eicker Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
