Headache as the only presentation of intravascular lymphoma.
Intravascular lymphoma (IVL) is a rare extranodal lymphoma, presenting with confusing clinical presentations and most cases have been diagnosed during the postmortem review. We report a case of IVL diagnosed by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination and bone marrow biopsy in a patient with a daily headache from onset. In case of a daily headache from onset with normal neuroimagings, CSF examination may give any significant diagnostic clue and should be a consideration to exclude such causes as hematolymphoid malignancies, including the very rare IVL.
Im
So-Hyang
SH
Department of Neurosurgery, Dongguk University Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
Lee
Seo-Young
SY
Kim
Nam-Hee
NH
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged