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Query: UMLS:C0079731 (B-cell lymphoma)
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October 2004. A 49-year-old right-handed man developed progressive cognitive difficulties over a 4-month period. There was impairment in recent memory, calculations and language. He also developed fatigue, weight loss, gait imbalance and urinary incontinence. Past history included transfusion-associated Hepatitis C. Neurologic exam showed mild dysarthria, dysnomia, left sided neglect, bilateral Babinski signs, and a prominent grasp reflex. Laboratory testing provided no positive etiologic data. An EEG showed generalized intermittent slowing suggestive of a diffuse encephalopathy and decreased background in the right hemisphere, suggestive of a structural lesion. MRI showed multiple areas of high signal on FLAIR imaging and patchy enhancement. FDG-PET showed multi-focal areas of increased uptake, correlating with the abnormal areas on MRI, on a background of decreased uptake. A 4-vessel cerebral angiogram showed no abnormalities. A brain biopsy showed diffuse infiltrates of large malignant cells that were immunoreactive with antibodies to CD20, diagnostic of diffuse large B cell lymphoma. In summary, the clinical presentation suggested bilateral hemispheric involvement, which was supported by physical examination, EEG, MRI, and PET scans. The differential diagnosis for this presentation is limited to demyelinating disease such as multiple sclerosis, vascular dementia, and infiltrating neoplasm such as glioblastoma multiforme or lymphoma. Diagnosis was made by morphologic and immunohistochemical analysis of brain tissue.
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We present a case of a 70-year-old HIV negative man with a five-year history of progressive dysnomia and new onset right extremity numbness, dysarthria, and blurry vision. On magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), an infiltrative enhancing tumor was noted. Follow up brain biopsy results revealed a small lymphocytic infiltrate with scattered plasma cells in a predominantly perivascular growth pattern. Flow-cytometric findings revealed a lambda monotypic B-cell population. The morphology and the flow cytometric findings were consistent with involvement by a low grade B-cell lymphoma. Subsequent positron emission tomography (PET) studies along with bone marrow biopsy and serum protein electrophoresis showed no evidence of systemic disease. The above findings are consistent with involvement by a non-dural extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (MZBCL) primary to the central nervous system (CNS). This is the first reported case of a primary CNS MZBCL with flow cytometric analysis. A review of literature on this rare entity is also included.
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PMID:Rare case of a primary non-dural central nervous system low grade B-cell lymphoma and literature review. 2229 52