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Published on: May 7, 2020
Leptomeningitis as Rare Secondary Dissemination in MEITL (Monomorphic Intestinal Epitheliotropic T-Cell Lymphoma)
Mihaiela Lungu1, Violeta Diana Oprea2, Elena Niculeț3
1Clinical-Medical Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Lower Danube" University of Galați, 800008 Galați, Romania.
Abstract:
(1) Background: Monomorphic intestinal epitheliotropic T-cell lymphoma (MEITL) is a very rare subtype of lymphoma, being involved in less than 5% of lymphomas of the digestive tract. Accurate diagnosis is extremely challenging due to the lack of specific clinical symptoms and the low specificity of the diagnostic approaches. (2) Methods: We present the case of a patient admitted to the Neurology Clinic of the Emergency Clinical Hospital of Galati, Romania, with progressive cranial nerve impairment. (3) Results: Analyzing clinical and paraclinical data and corroborating the previous known diagnosis of MEITL, the positive diagnosis was that of meningitis with atypical lymphocytes with MEITL as starting point. The cytology of CSF was the basis for the diagnostic confirmation. (4) Conclusions: The present case is a rare situation of secondary dissemination of MEITL. We were not able to identify a similar report in the available literature that associated urothelial carcinoma with leptomeningeal MEITL-sourced neoplastic lesions.
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