Isolated Richter's syndrome of the brain: two recent cases

B Mahé; P Moreau; B Bonnemain; S Letortorec; D Menegali; S Bourdin; D De Lajartre; J L Harousseau

Isolated Richter's syndrome of the brain: two recent cases

Nouv Rev Fr Hematol (1978). 1994 Oct;36(5):383-5.

Authors

B Mahé¹, P Moreau, B Bonnemain, S Letortorec, D Menegali, S Bourdin, D De Lajartre, J L Harousseau

Affiliation

¹ Service d'Hématologie, CHU Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France.

PMID: 7892133

Abstract

Two new cases of central nervous system (CNS) large cell lymphoma without evidence of systemic lymphoma in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) are reported. This unusual presentation of Richter's syndrome emphasizes the necessity to evoke this diagnosis in the case of neurologic symptoms in CLL.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Brain Neoplasms* / complications
Brain Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Brain Neoplasms* / therapy
Combined Modality Therapy
Frontal Lobe*
Hemianopsia / etiology
Humans
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell*
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse* / complications
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse* / diagnosis
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse* / therapy
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary*
Neurocognitive Disorders / etiology
Occipital Lobe*
Syndrome