Primary meningeal lymphoma presenting solely with blindness: A report of an autopsy case

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 325-329

  Sakai, Chikara ^a   Takagi, Toshiyuki ^a   Wakatsuki, Susumu ^b  

^a CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blindness; Meningeal lymphoma; Optic nerve atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPTOMENINX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030001049     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-5710(96)00453-7     Document Type: Article

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