title: Primary meningeal B lymphoma presenting as a subacute ascending polyradiculoneuropathy.
abstract: A subacute ascending polyradiculoneuropathy was the main feature of a primary meningeal B lymphoma in two patients. Tumour cells appeared in the CSF eight and six months respectively after the onset of the disease. Treatment by intrathecal methotrexate resulted in transient improvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Hôpital du Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Julien
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vital
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rivel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Mascarel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lagueny
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ferrer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vergier
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008578:Meninges / Q000473:pathology; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000473:pathology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology