Lymphomatosis Cerebri with Intramedullary Spinal Cord Involvement
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Lymphomatosis cerebri with intramedullary spinal cord involvement.
Lymphomatosis cerebri (LC) is a rare form of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL). Little is known about cases of LC with spinal cord involvement. Among the 11 PCNSL patients treated in our hospital during a four-year period, we identified two cases of LC with spinal cord lesions. One showed a spinal cord lesion followed by leukoencephalopathy. The other showed a spinal cord lesion a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.52.0748