Chronic lymphocytic leukemia with hypothalamic invasion
- 15 October 1989
- Vol. 64 (8) , 1714-1716
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19891015)64:8<1714::aid-cncr2820640826>3.0.co;2-g
Abstract
Headaches and a state of confusion developed in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). A computed tomography (CT) scan of the head showed a hyperdense lesion in the hypothalamus with obstruction of the foramina of Monro. Leukemic cells with monoclonal lambda B-cell markers were identified in the ventricular fluid at the time of surgical decompression. Similar cells were identified in the peripheral blood. This lesion has not been described as a complication of CLL, a disease that, unlike other leukemias, rarely has central nervous system manifestations.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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