Central nervous system involvement by cutaneous T cell lymphoma

S A Grevelink; G N Fuller; E A Olsen

doi:10.1016/0190-9622(91)70237-v

Central nervous system involvement by cutaneous T cell lymphoma

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1991 Sep;25(3):542-9. doi: 10.1016/0190-9622(91)70237-v.

Authors

S A Grevelink¹, G N Fuller, E A Olsen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.

PMID: 1918492
DOI: 10.1016/0190-9622(91)70237-v

Abstract

Central nervous system disease in cutaneous T cell lymphoma is uncommon and is usually not considered in standard therapeutic regimens. We report three patients who had cutaneous T cell lymphoma with involvement of the central nervous system and review the cases of 28 such patients reported in the literature. Potential risk factors, the reliability of various diagnostic tests, and potential therapeutic modalities are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Central Nervous System Neoplasms / diagnosis
Central Nervous System Neoplasms / pathology
Central Nervous System Neoplasms / secondary*
Female
Humans
Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / diagnosis
Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / pathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Skin Neoplasms / pathology*