Narcolepsy associated with primary temporal lobe B-cells lymphoma in a HLA DR2 negative subject

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1992 Sep;55(9):852-3. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.55.9.852.

Abstract

Narcolepsy and cataplexy began one year before treatment of a left mid-temporal primary B-cells lymphoma in a HLA DR2 negative man. Treatment with radio therapy and immunosuppression induced regression of the lymphoma and disappearance of narcolepsy and cataplexy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications*
  • Brain Neoplasms / physiopathology
  • Cataplexy / etiology
  • Cataplexy / physiopathology
  • Electroencephalography
  • HLA-DR2 Antigen / analysis*
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / complications*
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Narcolepsy / etiology*
  • Narcolepsy / physiopathology
  • Reaction Time / physiology
  • Sleep, REM / physiology
  • Temporal Lobe* / physiopathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • HLA-DR2 Antigen