Primary CNS lymphoma in AIDS. A clinical and pathological case report.
A case is reported of a primary central nervous system lymphoma in a heterosexual patient affected by acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Because of the rarity and the aggressive diagnostic procedures, pre-mortem diagnosis is seldom established. This radiosensitive tumor, however, often contains monoclonal immunoglobulin productive cells and shows, at CT-scan, a multicentric arrangement. On this basis, a careful analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid and CT-scan may offer a possible mean of earlier diagnosis and improve the survival of these patients.
Paolino
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Neurological Clinic, University of Ferrara, Italy.
Granieri
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E
Matarese
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V
Poluzzi
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A
Casetta
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed