Multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block associated with metastatic lymphoma of the nervous system

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-84

  Stern, Britta V ^a   Baehring, Joachim M ^b   Kleopa, Kleopas A ^c   Hochberg, Fred H ^a,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics   (Greece)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction block; Intravenous immunoglobulin; Multifocal motor neuropathy; Non Hodgkin Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; THIOTEPA; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BEAM THERAPY; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETREATMENT; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, DIFFUSE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THIOTEPA; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 33646873896     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-005-9060-6     Document Type: Article

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