Isolated Richter's syndrome of the brain: two recent cases.
Two new cases of central nervous system (CNS) large cell lymphoma without evidence of systemic lymphoma in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) are reported. This unusual presentation of Richter's syndrome emphasizes the necessity to evoke this diagnosis in the case of neurologic symptoms in CLL.
Mahé
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Service d'Hématologie, CHU Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France.
Moreau
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Bonnemain
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Letortorec
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Menegali
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Bourdin
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De Lajartre
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Harousseau
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D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005625:Frontal Lobe; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D009778:Occipital Lobe; D013577:Syndrome