Diagnosis and Treatment of Intravascular Lymphomatosis
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Diagnosis and treatment of intravascular lymphomatosis.
OBJECTIVE To describe a patient with unusually good outcome of a rare, high-grade lymphoma that often involves the nervous system. DESIGN Case report. SETTING University hospital. CASE A 70-year-old pharmacist first presented with meningoencephalitislike symptoms and 6 months later with acute confusional state followed by complex partial status epilepticus. Diagnosis of intravascular lymp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Neurology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0003-9942
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.57.3.374