Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma with intracerebral and bilateral intraocular spread.
Brain metastasis from systemic or cutaneous lymphoma is infrequently encountered. We present a case report of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) that metastasized to the brain. A literature review identified fourteen other cases of brain infiltration with CTCL. This report focuses attention on the typical presentation and markedly poor prognosis that characterize this rare problem. It also emphasizes the suspicion with which a brain mass in a lymphoma patient with neurological changes should be regarded.
Wylen
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Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport 71130-3932, USA.
Williams
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Nanda
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D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D005123:Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016410:Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed