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  • Title: Involvement of the central nervous system by non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in adults. A review of 36 cases.
    Author: Mead GM, Kennedy P, Smith JL, Thompson J, Macbeth FR, Ryall RD, Williams CJ, Whitehouse JM.
    Journal: Q J Med; 1986 Jul; 60(231):699-714. PubMed ID: 3763820.
    Abstract:
    Thirty-six (10.1 per cent) of a total of 355 adult patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma seen over a seven and a half year period developed compression or infiltration of the central nervous system (CNS). In nine patients (2.5 per cent) extradural tumour masses compressed the spinal cord or brain. Five of these patients, all previously untreated, responded well to treatment, with excellent recovery of CNS function and survival in the long term. The prognosis for the four patients with advancing drug-resistant systemic disease at the time of CNS compression was poor. In 27 patients (7.6 per cent) a clinical or cytological diagnosis of meningeal infiltration was made (on cerebrospinal fluid). Meningeal disease was seen most frequently in patients with high-grade lymphoma, either at presentation or during subsequent progression of systemic disease. All of these patients have died of systemic and/or CNS disease less than 20 (median 3) months from diagnosis of meningeal disease. Meningeal infiltration represents a significant clinical problem for which new approaches to prophylaxis and treatment are required.
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