[Primary central nervous system lymphoma in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus]

Medicina (B Aires). 2003;63(3):221-3.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

A 36 year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus was admitted to our hospital with headache, brachiocrural hemiparesis and hemianesthesia. She had been treated with prednisone and cyclophosphamide. CT scan and MRI revealed a 15 mm nodular mass enhanced with gadolinium in left frontal convexity. CNS biopsy was performed and a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was diagnosed. She was treated with radiation therapy without response and died. There are few reports of erythematosus systemic lupus associated with primary central nervous system lymphoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / drug therapy
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / pathology*
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents