Abstract
Follicular lymphoma is the second most common lymphoma throughout the world. Its course is usually indolent. Affection of Central Nervous System by a follicular lymphoma is usually as primary disease, and secondary affection is usually due to high-grade transformation. In this case-report we describe a young patient who presented a follicular lymphoma which secondary affected the central nervous system without high grade transformation.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use
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Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
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Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
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Doxorubicin / therapeutic use
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Humans
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Lymphoma, Follicular / drug therapy
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Lymphoma, Follicular / pathology*
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Male
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Meningeal Neoplasms / drug therapy
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Meningeal Neoplasms / pathology*
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Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / drug therapy
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Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology*
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Prednisone / therapeutic use
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Rituximab
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Vincristine / therapeutic use
Substances
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Antibodies, Monoclonal
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Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
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Rituximab
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Vincristine
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Doxorubicin
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Cyclophosphamide
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Prednisone
Supplementary concepts
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CHOP protocol
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COP protocol 2