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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry ; 76(4): 540-4, 2005 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15774442

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BACKGROUND: Intravascular lymphoma (IVL) is a rare non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with relative predilection for the central nervous system. In the absence of extraneural manifestations, the disease is not recognised until autopsy in the majority of cases underlining the need for new clinical markers. METHODS: This is a retrospective series of five patients with IVL seen at a single institution over three years. An advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocol was performed at various time points prior to diagnosis and during treatment. RESULTS: MRI revealed multiple lesions scattered throughout the cerebral hemispheres; the brainstem, cerebellum, and spinal cord were less frequently involved. On initial presentation, hyperintense lesions were seen on diffusion weighted images suggestive of ischaemia in three of four patients in whom the images were obtained at that time point. In four patients lesions were also identifiable as hyperintense areas on fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequences. Initial contrast enhancement was encountered in three cases. Diffusion weighted imaging lesions either vanished or followed the typical pattern of an ischaemic small vessel stroke with evolution of abnormal FLAIR signal followed by enhancement with gadolinium in the subacute stage and tissue loss in the chronic stage. Diffusion weighted imaging and FLAIR abnormalities proved to be partially reversible, correlating with the response to chemotherapy. CONCLUSION: We provide the first detailed description of the dynamic pattern of diffusion weighted MRI in IVL. These patterns in combination with systemic findings may facilitate early diagnosis and serve as a new tool to monitor treatment response.


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Neoplasias Encefálicas/patología , Imagen de Difusión por Resonancia Magnética , Linfoma no Hodgkin/patología , Neoplasias Vasculares/patología , Adulto , Anciano , Antígenos CD/inmunología , Biopsia , Encéfalo/patología , Vértebras Cervicales/patología , Trastornos del Conocimiento/diagnóstico , Trastornos del Conocimiento/etiología , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Progresión de la Enfermedad , Femenino , Lateralidad Funcional , Humanos , Linfoma no Hodgkin/complicaciones , Linfoma no Hodgkin/inmunología , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Paraparesia/diagnóstico , Paraparesia/etiología , Trastornos Psicóticos/diagnóstico , Trastornos Psicóticos/etiología , Estudios Retrospectivos , Vértebras Torácicas/patología , Neoplasias Vasculares/complicaciones , Neoplasias Vasculares/inmunología
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