Open AccessA case of large B-cell intravascular lymphoma in the brain
Author(s) -
Lee Ping Gan,
Wei Ooi,
Hwei Yee Lee,
Wai Hoe Ng
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
surgical neurology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2229-5097
pISSN - 2152-7806
DOI - 10.4103/2152-7806.115709
Subject(s) - medicine , intravascular large b cell lymphoma , lymphoma , presentation (obstetrics) , brain biopsy , biopsy , disease , pathology , central nervous system , rare disease , chemotherapy , radiology , surgery
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.We report a rare case of intravascular lymphoma in the brain found antemortem.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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