[Primary lymphoma of the central nervous system. Multiple remission with corticosteroid therapy].
A primary T-cell lymphoma of the central nervous system was diagnosed at autopsy in a 73-year-old woman. The course of the illness was made of multiple neurological episodes: hypersomnia, palsies of cranial nerves, aphasia, hemiparesis, epileptic fits during 4 years, with fast recoveries under corticosteroid therapy. CT scan and MRI abnormalities were also dramatically improved by the treatment.
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Clinique Neurologique, CHU Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier.
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Blard
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Pagès
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D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000368:Aged; D016543:Central Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012074:Remission Induction; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Lymphome primitif du système nerveux central. Rémissions multiples sous corticoïdes.