Central nervous involvement in Richter's syndrome.

Citation
G. Agard et al., Central nervous involvement in Richter's syndrome., REV MED IN, 20(1), 1999, pp. 64-67
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
REVUE DE MEDECINE INTERNE
ISSN journal
02488663 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
64 - 67
Database
ISI
SICI code
0248-8663(199901)20:1<64:CNIIRS>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Introduction. - The authors report a case of neurologic manifestations reve aling Richter's syndrome in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Exegesis. - Cranial nerve palsies were the initial manifestation of the dis ease. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging were normal. Cereb rospinal fluid analysis with alkaline phosphatase-antialkaline phosphatase revealed the existence of a large-cell lymphoma. Conclusions. - Clinical aspects of this unusual localization of Richter's s yndrome are reviewed. (C) 1999 Elsevier, Paris.