Gan LP, Ooi WS, Lee HY, Ng WH. A case of large B-cell intravascular lymphoma in the brain.
Surg Neurol Int 2013;
4:99. [PMID:
23956942 PMCID:
PMC3740612 DOI:
10.4103/2152-7806.115709]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Intravascular lymphoma is a rare and fatal disease that can have central nervous system (CNS) manifestations. It is usually a diagnosis made postmortem. This is partly due to its varied presentation, which lends itself to the complexity of diagnosis.
CASE DESCRIPTION
We report a rare case of intravascular lymphoma in the brain found antemortem.
CONCLUSION
Review of the literature shows that a timely diagnostic tissue biopsy together with aggressive combination chemotherapy treatment can improve patient outcome.
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