title: Neurologic complications of hematologic neoplasms.
abstract: The new WHO classification of hematopoietic and lymphatic neoplasms was devised to offer pathologists, oncologists, and geneticists a system of classification based on histopathologic, clinical, and genetic features. From the neurologic standpoint, it offers an opportunity to consolidate the complications produced by leukemias, lymphomas, and plasma cell dyscrasias. This article summarizes such complications that occur as a result of direct infiltration or compression of nervous tissue by tumor or as a result of indirect effects such as infection, vascular disorders, iatrogenesis, and paraneoplasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. Lawrence.Recht@umassmed.edu
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Recht
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mrugala
mesh_terms: D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging