Angiotropic Intravascular Large-cell Lymphoma with Massive Cerebral Extension
Overview
Neurosurgery
Psychiatry
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Angiotropic intravascular large-cell lymphoma (AILL) is a rare, generally fatal disease characterised by a multifocal proliferation of neoplastic mononuclear cells within small blood vessels. The diagnosis of a patient was made at necropsy. The malignant cells had infiltrated the periventricular areas of the brain.
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