title: A case of large B-cell intravascular lymphoma in the brain.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Intravascular lymphoma is a rare and fatal disease that can have central nervous system (CNS) manifestations. It is usually a diagnosis made postmortem. This is partly due to its varied presentation, which lends itself to the complexity of diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a rare case of intravascular lymphoma in the brain found antemortem.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Review of the literature shows that a timely diagnostic tissue biopsy together with aggressive combination chemotherapy treatment can improve patient outcome.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore.
authors: Lee Ping
authors: LP
authors: Gan
authors: Wei Seong
authors: WS
authors: Ooi
authors: Hwei Yee
authors: HY
authors: Lee
authors: Wai Hoe
authors: WH
authors: Ng
keywords: B-cell; brain tumor; intravascular lymphoma
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