Angiotropic large-cell lymphoma with peripheral nerve and skeletal muscle involvement: early diagnosis and treatment.
Angiotropic large-cell lymphoma is a disorder characterized by an intravascular proliferation of malignant lymphoid cells. We present a patient with polyradiculoneuropathy, myelopathy, and myopathy diagnosed by peripheral nerve and muscle biopsy, who was treated and remains in stable neurologic condition.
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Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology*; D017933:Peripheral Nervous System / Q000473:pathology*; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors