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ArticleCase reports in hematology2014

Unusual relapse of primary central nervous system lymphoma at site of lumbar puncture.

Zartaj Ahmed, Ramesh K Ramanathan, Sunil Ram, James Newell, Maqbool Halepota

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Article in Case reports in hematology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zartaj AhmedDow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Baba-e-Urdu Road, Karachi 74200, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-1648-7373
Ramesh K RamanathanVirginia G Piper Cancer Centre, 10460 N. 92nd Street, Suite No. 200, Scottsdale, AZ 85258, USA.
Sunil RamScottsdale Medical Imaging, 3501 N. Scottsdale Road No. 130, Scottsdale, AZ 85251, USA.
James NewellScottsdale Pathology Associates, 9003 E. Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ 85260, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3175-5409
Maqbool HalepotaPalo Verde Cancer Centre, 10460 N. 92nd Street, Suite 402, Scottsdale, AZ 85258, USA.
Dow University of Health Sciences · PKPalo Verde Hospital · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) is a rare non-Hodgkin's lymphoma confined to the CNS. Local relapse of this disease is common, but extracranial or subcutaneous metastasis is rare with only a few cases being reported in literature. We report a 63-year-old male patient, who responded well to treatment for PCNSL but relapsed two and half years later with a lumbosacral nodule at the site of a previous lumbar puncture due to microscopic tumor seeding. Clinicians treating patients with PCNSL must remain alert to the possibility of extracranial solitary relapse even after the resolution of initial disease because prompt treatment can result in a good outcome.

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PMID25093130
PMCPMC4100395
OpenAlexW2134871808

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