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Headache as the Only Presentation of Intravascular Lymphoma
Author(s) -
Im SoHyang,
Lee SeoYoung,
Kim NamHee
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01059.x
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , cerebrospinal fluid , lymphoma , intravascular large b cell lymphoma , biopsy , bone marrow , pathology , bone marrow examination , radiology
Intravascular lymphoma (IVL) is a rare extranodal lymphoma, presenting with confusing clinical presentations and most cases have been diagnosed during the postmortem review. We report a case of IVL diagnosed by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination and bone marrow biopsy in a patient with a daily headache from onset. In case of a daily headache from onset with normal neuroimagings, CSF examination may give any significant diagnostic clue and should be a consideration to exclude such causes as hematolymphoid malignancies, including the very rare IVL.