title: Lymphomatous meningitis of the Burkitt type presenting with multiple cranial neuropathies.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe diplopia as the initial manifestation of the Burkitt lymphoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective chart review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 53-year-old human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive man presented with a severe headache associated with binocular diplopia. Flow cytometric analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid demonstrated a monoclonal B-lymphoid cell population consistent with the Burkitt lymphoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ophthalmologists should be aware that diplopia may be the presenting manifestation of Burkitt lymphoma in an immunocompromised patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa 52246, USA.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Grassi
authors.forename: Andrew G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004172:Diplopia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008582:Meningitis, Aseptic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies