Primary neurolymphomatosis as clinical onset of chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Ann Hematol. 2017 Jan;96(1):159-161. doi: 10.1007/s00277-016-2852-2. Epub 2016 Oct 19.

Authors

Chiara Briani¹, Andrea Visentin², Tiziana Cavallaro³, Mario Cacciavillani⁴, Ilaria Cabrini³, Sergio Ferrari³, Renato Zambello², Livio Trentin²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani, 5, 35128, Padova, Italy. chiara.briani@unipd.it.
² Hematology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
³ Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
⁴ CEMES-EMG Lab, Data Medica Group, Padova, Italy.

PMID: 27761605
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-016-2852-2

No abstract available

Keywords: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Nerve ultrasound; Neurolymphomatosis; Neuropathy.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Animals
Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / complications*
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / diagnostic imaging*
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / drug therapy
Marek Disease / complications*
Marek Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Marek Disease / drug therapy
Middle Aged
Rituximab / therapeutic use
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color

Substances

Antineoplastic Agents
Rituximab