Involvement of cranial nerves in a patient with secondary central nervous system lymphoma
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Neurolymphomatosis (NL) is a rare disease that can be caused by T cell, B cell or natural killer cell (NK) lymphomas, but most commonly by B cell lymphomas.1 NL is characterized by direct infiltration of the central nervous system (CNS), nerve roots/plexus or peripheral nerves by a hematological malignancy.2–4 Multiple nerve involvement is more common than single nerve involvement.1 Secondary NL occurs as relapse or the progression of lymphomas.5
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