Central nervous system complications in patients with diffuse histiocytic and undifferentiated lymphoma: leukemia revisited
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Central nervous system complications in patients with diffuse histiocytic and undifferentiated lymphoma: leukemia revisited.
Fifteen of 52 patients (29%) with diffuse histiocytic and undifferentiated pleomorphic lymphoma developed central nervous system (CNS) complications, primarily leptomeningeal lymphoma. Lumbar puncture with cerebrospinal fluid cytology was the most useful test for diagnosis, and for following the response to therapy. Leptomeningitis developed during all stages of the patients' clinical course: a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Blood
سال: 1976
ISSN: 0006-4971,1528-0020
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v47.1.3.3