Reversal of neurological deficit after chemotherapy in BCL-6-positive neurolymphomatosis: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-251

  Peruzzi, Pierpaolo ^a   Ray Chaudhuri, Abhik ^a   Slone, Wayne H ^a   Mekhjian, Hagop S ^a   Porcu, Pierluigi ^a   Chiocca, E Antonio ^a,b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BCL 6; Chemotherapy; Neurolymphomatosis

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CD20 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; HYDROCODONE; METHOTREXATE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN BCL 6; PROTEIN P16; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; FINGER; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMATOSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLYMPHOMATOSIS; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH WALL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WRIST;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAREK DISEASE; METHOTREXATE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; PREDNISONE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-6; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 68849085044     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.11.JNS08291     Document Type: Article

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