Erschienen in:
01.03.2012 | Letter to the Editor
Brain biopsy is required in steroid-resistant patients with chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (CLIPPERS)
verfasst von:
Nadège Limousin, Julien Praline, Oana Motica, Jean Philippe Cottier, Cecilia Rousselot-Denis, Karima Mokhtari, Alberto Gonzalez-Aguilar, Bertrand De Toffol
Erschienen in:
Journal of Neuro-Oncology
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Ausgabe 1/2012
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Excerpt
Chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (CLIPPERS) is a treatable brainstem encephalitis recently described by Pittock et al. [
1]. We report a case with clinical, radiological, and pathological signs of CLIPPERS but with final diagnosis of type B primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL). …