PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Zeynalova, Pervin A.
AU  - Tumyan, Gayane S.
AU  - Dolgushin, Mikhail B.
AU  - Akhmedov, Mobil I.
TI  - Work-up and management of a high-risk patient with primary central nervous system lymphoma
AID  - 10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2016.0070
DP  - 2016 Dec 01
TA  - Cancer Biology and Medicine
PG  - 514--518
VI  - 13
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.cancerbiomed.org/content/13/4/514.short
4100  - http://www.cancerbiomed.org/content/13/4/514.full
SO  - Cancer Biol Med2016 Dec 01; 13
AB  - Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is a rare disorder that, in 95% of cases, represents diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. As such, making an accurate diagnosis is important. At present, stereotactic-guided biopsy is a recognized method of choice for tissue analysis. However, the diagnostic work-up for high-risk patients is determined by their performance status. Here, we report a case of PCNSL in a high-risk patient, for whom diagnosis was established by cerebrospinal fluid cytology and flow cytometry, which significantly shortened a diagnostic work-up period and allowed for the immediate treatment of the patient.