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Histiocytic lymphoma in the brain as the only manifestation of relapse following remission maintainance with BCG immunotherapy
Author(s) -
Snyder Raymond D.,
Mavligit Gioram,
Valdivieso Manuel,
Gutterman Jordan U.,
Burke Jerome S.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197705)39:5<1997::aid-cncr2820390515>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - medicine , immunotherapy , lymphoma , complete remission , histiocyte , spontaneous remission , chemotherapy , oncology , immunology , pathology , cancer , alternative medicine
This report describes an unusual case of lymphoma which, after 54 months of complete remission induced with chemotherapy and maintained with BCG immunotherapy, relapsed in the brain alone. It is possible that the immuno‐therapy led to this pattern of relapse: this is supported by several other studies. The difficulty in diagnosing brain lymphoma is emphasized.