Case 19-2017 - A 53-Year-Old Woman with Leg Numbness and Weakness

N Engl J Med. 2017 Jun 22;376(25):2471-2481. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1701762.

Authors

William S David¹, Michael P Bowley¹, William A Mehan Jr¹, John H Shin¹, Elizabeth R Gerstner¹, John C DeWitt¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Departments of Neurology (W.S.D., M.P.B., E.R.G.), Radiology (W.A.M.), Neurosurgery (J.H.S.), and Pathology (J.C.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Neurology (W.S.D., M.P.B., E.R.G.), Radiology (W.A.M.), Neurosurgery (J.H.S.), and Pathology (J.C.D.), Harvard Medical School - both in Boston.

PMID: 28636859
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1701762

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Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain / pathology
Cerebrospinal Fluid / chemistry
Cerebrospinal Fluid / cytology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Hypesthesia / etiology
Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / complications
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / diagnostic imaging
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / pathology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Muscle Weakness / etiology
Peripheral Nervous System / anatomy & histology
Peripheral Nervous System / physiology
Sarcoidosis / diagnosis
Spinal Nerve Roots / pathology*
Tuberculosis / diagnosis