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[Neuro-meningeal location of Richter syndrome]
G Agard1, M Hamidou, S Leautez
1Service de médecine interne A, CHU Hôtel-Dieu, place Alexis-Ricordeau, Nantes, France.
La Revue De Medecine Interne
|April 30, 1999
Abstract
Introduction:
The authors report a case of neurologic manifestations revealing Richter's syndrome in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Exegesis:
Cranial nerve palsies were the initial manifestation of the disease. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging were normal. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis with alkaline phosphatase-antialkaline phosphatase revealed the existence of a large-cell lymphoma.
Conclusions:
Clinical aspects of this unusual localization of Richter's syndrome are reviewed.