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Case Reports
. 2005 Apr;72(2):163-7.
doi: 10.1007/s11060-004-3389-0.

Assessment of neurolymphomatosis by brachial plexus biopsy and PET/CT. Report of a case

Felix Bokstein  1 , Odelyia Goor, Boris Shihman, Shimon Rochkind, Einat Even-Sapir, Ur Metser, Miri Neufeld
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Case Reports

Assessment of neurolymphomatosis by brachial plexus biopsy and PET/CT. Report of a case

Felix Bokstein et al. J Neurooncol. 2005 Apr.

Abstract

Objective: To report a biopsy-proven neurolymphomatosis in a young woman with previous non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) of uterine cervix.

Patient: The patient presented with a painful brachial plexopathy and developed multiple cranial and spinal nerve palsies.

Methods and results: The diagnosis was achieved by an open brachial plexus biopsy. A PET/CT study was used to assess the full extent of the disease and showed involvement of additional cranial nerves and spinal nerve roots. A complete although short lasting clinical and radiological response was achieved by means of systemic high dose methotrexate treatment combined with rituximab and intra-CSF injections of cytarabine.

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