Primary effusion lymphoma involving the cerebrospinal fluid
Neda A Moatamed1, Sophie X Song, Sophia K Apple
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA. nmoatamed@mednet.ucla.edu
Abstract:
Primary effusion lymphoma or body cavity based lymphoma is a form of large B-cell lymphoma which usually presents as serous effusions without detectable tumor masses. It is universally associated with human herpesvirus-8 also known as Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus. This condition, so far, has been reported in the body cavity effusions that include pleura, peritoneum, and pericardium. We report a case of primary effusion lymphoma which has involved the cerebrospinal fluid. To our knowledge, this is the first case of PEL reported in the cerebrospinal fluid.
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