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Primary effusion lymphoma involving the cerebrospinal fluid
Author(s) -
Moatamed Neda A.,
Song Sophie X.,
Apple Sophia K.,
Said Jonathan W.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.21653
Subject(s) - primary effusion lymphoma , medicine , serous fluid , cerebrospinal fluid , effusion , lymphoma , pathology , body cavity , pericardium , peritoneum , pericardial fluid , peritoneal effusion , peritoneal fluid , peritoneal cavity , sarcoma , serous membrane , pericardial effusion , anatomy , surgery
Primary effusion lymphoma or body cavity based lymphoma is a form of large B‐cell lymphoma which usually presents as serous effusions without detectable tumor masses. It is universally associated with human herpesvirus‐8 also known as Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus. This condition, so far, has been reported in the body cavity effusions that include pleura, peritoneum, and pericardium. We report a case of primary effusion lymphoma which has involved the cerebrospinal fluid. To our knowledge, this is the first case of PEL reported in the cerebrospinal fluid. Diagn.Cytopathol. 2012. © 2011 Wiley‐ Liss, Inc.