Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
J Neurooncol. 2012 Sep;109(3):581-6. doi: 10.1007/s11060-012-0931-3. Epub 2012 Jul 18.
To increase awareness about lymphomatosis cerebri by describing a patient with a unique presentation Case report a 58 year old woman presented with progressive lower extremity weakness, postural hypotension, and 90 pound weight loss over 3 months a brain magnetic resonance image revealed multiple non-enhancing foci of T2 hyperintensity in the periventricular white matter despite treatment with corticosteroids, she expired autopsy demonstrated normal gross appearance of the brain and spinal cord microscopic inspection revealed diffuse infiltration of the central nervous system (CNS) parenchyma and white matter by large atypical B cells, consistent with a diagnosis of lymphomatosis cerebri lymphomatosis cerebri is a primary CNS lymphoma variant that is poorly recognized and often misdiagnosed it commonly presents as a rapidly progressive dementia, although patients may present with neurologic dysfunction without dementia diagnosis requires a pathological examination treatment with intravenous high-dose methotrexate based chemotherapy should be considered in appropriate patients.
为了提高对脑淋巴瘤的认识,通过描述一位具有独特表现的患者来实现。病例报告,一位 58 岁女性因进行性下肢无力、体位性低血压和 3 个月内体重减轻 90 磅而就诊。脑磁共振成像显示,尽管接受了皮质类固醇治疗,脑室周围白质仍有多个无强化的 T2 高信号病灶,她最终去世。尸检显示大脑和脊髓的大体外观正常,显微镜检查显示中枢神经系统(CNS)实质和白质弥漫性浸润大异型 B 细胞,符合脑淋巴瘤的诊断。脑淋巴瘤是一种原发性中枢神经系统淋巴瘤的变异型,认识不足且常被误诊。它通常表现为快速进行性痴呆,尽管患者可能表现为无痴呆的神经功能障碍。诊断需要进行病理检查,在适当的患者中应考虑静脉内大剂量甲氨蝶呤为基础的化疗。