Neurolymphomatosis in a patient with T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Author:
Pil Soo SUNG
1
;
Byoung Yun JUN
;
Ha Wook PARK
;
Mo Eun JUNG
;
Ji Chan PARK
;
Yeon Su LEE
;
Suk Young PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. parkjichan@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Neurolymphomatosis;
Lymphoma
- MeSH:
Animals;
Central Nervous System;
Cranial Nerves;
Electrons;
Humans;
Lymphoma;
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Marek Disease;
Mononeuropathies;
Peripheral Nerves;
Polyneuropathies;
T-Lymphocytes
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2010;79(6):714-719
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Neurolymphomatosis, defined as a selective infiltration of lymphoma cells into cranial nerves, peripheral nerves and nerve roots, is a rarely recognized manifestation of lymphoma. Its characteristic symptoms are often overlooked or mistaken for other conditions, such as a peripheral polyneuropathy, due to chemotherapeutic agents or clinical findings of metastatic lesions in the central nervous system. Recently, neurolymphomatosis has been increasingly recognized using magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography-computed tomography. We present a case of neurolymphomatosis manifesting as peripheral mononeuropathy in a patient with T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
