Kirk John Levins1, Mohamed Khan2,
Elena Roman3, Cilian Suiter1, Anurag
Nasa1, Darren William Roddy4, Paul
Murphy1
1 Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, St.
Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland.
2 Department of Haematology, University Hospital Limerick, St Nessan’s
Rd, Dooradoyle, Co. Limerick, Ireland.
3 Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin,
Lloyd Building, Dublin 2, Ireland.
3 Royal College of Surgeons, St Stephens Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Keywords: Intrathecal pump, Granuloma, Haematology, Lymphoma,
Transverse Myelitis
Key Learning Points: Although it is a common occurrence that
spinal symptoms in patients with intrathecal pumps is automatically
attributed to pump complications, it is evident that a wider
differential diagnosis should be considered in such patients