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Autopsy-Proven Intravascular Lymphoma Presenting as Rapidly Recurrent Strokes

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: We present a 79-year-old Japanese woman diagnosed with cerebral infarction. In spite of enough antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy, she presented rapidly recurrent strokes three times for 3 months. Magnetic resonance imaging showed progression of bilateral cerebral infarcts, and chest-abdominal computed tomography showed multiple bilateral nodular lesions in the lung and multiple tumor lesions in the liver. Autopsy revealed diagnosis of intravascular lymphoma (IVL). This case indicates that IVL is rare and usually goes undiagnosed until time of autopsy because of its protean neurological manifestations; hence, it should be considered as a possible etiology if multiple strokes occur in a short period of time.

Source: Case Reports in Oncology

DOI: 10.1159/000444632

Authors: Daisuke Usuda, Masahisa Arahata, Rie Temaru, Yoshitsugu Iinuma, Tsugiyasu Kanda, Shinichi Hayashi

Institutions: Kanazawa Medical University, Nanto Municipal Hospital, Toyama University Hospital, University of Toyama

Language: English

Topic: CNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment

Subfield: Clinical Neurology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,170