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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Leptomeningitis as Rare Secondary Dissemination in MEITL (Monomorphic Intestinal Epitheliotropic T-Cell Lymphoma).

Mihaiela Lungu, Violeta Diana Oprea, Elena Niculeț, Luminița Lăcrămioara Apostol, Marius Ionuț Păduraru, Ana Maria Ionescu, Andrei Lucian Zaharia

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Mihaiela LunguClinical-Medical Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Lower Danube" University of Galați, 800008 Galați, Romania.
Violeta Diana OpreaMedical Department, Sjællands Universitetshospital Nykøbing Falster, 4800 Nykøbing Falster, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-0871-1339
Elena NiculețDepartment of Morphological and Functional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Lower Danube" University of Galați, 800008 Galați, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-9249-5247
Luminița Lăcrămioara ApostolClinical-Medical Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Lower Danube" University of Galați, 800008 Galați, Romania.
Marius Ionuț PăduraruMedical Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Lower Danube" University of Galați, 800201 Galați, Romania.
Ana Maria IonescuDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Ovidius University of Constanța, 900527 Constanța, Romania.
Andrei Lucian ZahariaClinical-Medical Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Lower Danube" University of Galați, 800008 Galați, Romania.ORCID 0009-0008-0986-8056

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Abstract

(1) Background: Monomorphic intestinal epitheliotropic T-cell lymphoma (MEITL) is a very rare subtype of lymphoma, being involved in less than 5% of lymphomas of the digestive tract. Accurate diagnosis is extremely challenging due to the lack of specific clinical symptoms and the low specificity of the diagnostic approaches. (2) Methods: We present the case of a patient admitted to the Neurology Clinic of the Emergency Clinical Hospital of Galati, Romania, with progressive cranial nerve impairment. (3) Results: Analyzing clinical and paraclinical data and corroborating the previous known diagnosis of MEITL, the positive diagnosis was that of meningitis with atypical lymphocytes with MEITL as starting point. The cytology of CSF was the basis for the diagnostic confirmation. (4) Conclusions: The present case is a rare situation of secondary dissemination of MEITL. We were not able to identify a similar report in the available literature that associated urothelial carcinoma with leptomeningeal MEITL-sourced neoplastic lesions.

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leptomeningitismonomorphic intestinal epitheliotropic T-cell lymphoma (MEITL)Type II enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma (EATL)

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