Intravascular lymphoma presenting with neurological signs but diagnosed by prostate biopsy: Suspicion as a key to early diagnosis

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Pusch, G ^a   Feher, G ^a   Szomor, A ^b   Kover, F ^c   Gomori, E ^a   Illes, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c Pecs Diagnostic Center   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Intravascular lymphoma; Rituximab; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; REMISSION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PROSTATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 60049090591     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02382.x     Document Type: Letter

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