Cerebral histiocytic lymphoma presenting with loss of weight

Ashworth, B.

Neurology 32(8): 894-896

1982


ISSN/ISBN: 0028-3878
PMID: 7048129
Document Number: 194427
An adult man presented with loss of weight and this progressed over severeal months before the appearance of signs of neurologic disease. Autopsy showed histiocytic lymphoma with extensive meningeal spread and dense infiltration of the hypothalamus. This diencephalic syndrome has been reported with cerebral tumor, leukemia, encephalitis lethargica, multiple sclerosis, and Alzheimer disease. CT of the brain and examination of the CSF may be helpful in diagnosis.

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