A 27-year-old man with diplopia, fatiguable ptosis and rash: a rare presentation of angiocentric T cell lymphoma with lymphomatoid vasculitis.
A 27-year-old man presented with a 36-h history of ptosis and diplopia and a 10-day history of a lower limb rash. Skin biopsy revealed an aggressive angiocentric γδ-T cell lymphoma. The patient's symptoms and signs disappeared within 1 week of commencement of chemotherapy and there are plans for allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
Department of Neurology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland. stela_lefter@yahoo.com
Stela
S
Lefter
Patrick
P
Forde
Hebah
H
Nashat
Eugene
E
Moylan
Yaseen
Y
Yacoob
D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology; D005076:Exanthema / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D016410:Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*