Primary leptomeningeal CNS lymphoma presenting as bilateral facial nerve palsy

J Neurol Sci. 2014 Sep 15;344(1-2):234-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.06.036. Epub 2014 Jun 24.

¹ Ospedale di Circolo/Fondazione Macchi, Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit, Viale Borri 57, 21100 Varese, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Ospedale di Circolo/Fondazione Macchi, Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Viale Borri 57, 21100 Varese, Italy.
³ Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Via O. Rossi 9, 21100 Varese, Italy.
⁴ Ospedale di Circolo/University of Insubria, Department of Anatomopathology, Via O. Rossi 9, 21100 Varese, Italy.
⁵ C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, Department of General Neurology, Via Mondino 2, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
⁶ Ospedale di Circolo/Fondazione Macchi, Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit, Viale Borri 57, 21100 Varese, Italy; Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Via O. Rossi 9, 21100 Varese, Italy.

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Keywords: Facial palsy; Leptomeningeal neoplasm; Lumbar puncture; Lymphoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Unilateral or bilateral.

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