Neurolymphomatosis: A rare metastatic complication of diffuse large B-Cell lymphoma

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-288

  Chamberlain, Marc C ^a   Fink, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurolymphomatosis; Upper and lower limb plexus

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LIPOSOME; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIPLOPIA; DRUG MEGADOSE; FACE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMATOSIS; MANTLE FIELD RADIOTHERAPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PARESTHESIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; RADIATION DOSE; SENSORY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAREK DISEASE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350012015     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-009-9918-0     Document Type: Article

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