Primary meningeal B lymphoma presenting as a subacute ascending polyradiculoneuropathy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A subacute ascending polyradiculoneuropathy was the main feature of a primary meningeal B lymphoma in two patients. Tumour cells appeared in the CSF eight and six months respectively after the onset of the disease. Treatment by intrathecal methotrexate resulted in transient improvement.
Medical subject headings
- Lymphoma, B-Cell
- Meningeal Neoplasms
- Polyradiculoneuropathy