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- Title
Spontaneous remission of a third-nerve palsy in meningeal lymphoma.
- Authors
Galetta, Steven L.; Sergott, Robert C.; Wells, Gregg B.; Atlas, Scott W.; Bird, Shawn J.
- Abstract
We report on a patient with spontaneous remission of a third-nerve palsy who was subsequently found to have meningeal lymphoma. Initial magnetic resonance images (MRI) showed bilateral enhancement of the third nerves. Follow-up MRI 7 months later, without treatment, showed complete resolution. One year after initial presentation, the patient developed multiple lumbosacral radiculopathies and examination of a nerve root biopsy specimen disclosed a B-cell lymphoma. Serial cerebrospinal fluid analyses over the previous year showed occasional atypical cells, later found to resemble closely the biopsy cell type. We conclude that meningeal lymphoma may have a protracted course, with spontaneous remission of both clinical and neuroimaging findings.
- Publication
Annals of Neurology, 1992, Vol 32, Issue 1, p100
- ISSN
0364-5134
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ana.410320117