A rare reason of foot drop caused by primary diffuse large b-cell lymphoma of the sciatic nerve: case report.

INTRODUCTION

Primary central nervous system lymphomas account for 2% of all malignant lymphomas. Although the involvement of peripheral nerves has been previously described as a dissemination of systemic lymphomas or a direct extension to the nerve trunk from contiguous lymphomas, primary involvement of the sciatic nerve is extremely rare.

CASE: To the best of our knowledge, the primary localization of lymphoma within sciatic nerve has been reported only nine times. We report, a very rare example of a primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the sciatic nerve.

DISCUSSION: The patient presented with atypical sciatica. Such symptoms can be misdiagnosed as lumbar disc pathology and magnetic resonance imaging and electrophysiological studies avoid this misinterpretation.