An Unusual Case of a Central Pontine Myelinolysis Associated with Primary Splenic Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma

A 54-year-old woman with persistent fatigue and a high fever presented with central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) on brain imaging, despite the absence of neurological symptoms. The patient had a slightly low serum sodium concentration. Further investigation led to a diagnosis of primary splenic diffus...

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Veröffentlicht in:Internal Medicine 2024, pp.3926-24
Hauptverfasser: Yamasaki, Masayoshi, Taniguchi, Akira, Minami, Hirohito, Tada, Tomoko, Yabana, Tadashi, Naito, Yutaka
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Zusammenfassung:A 54-year-old woman with persistent fatigue and a high fever presented with central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) on brain imaging, despite the absence of neurological symptoms. The patient had a slightly low serum sodium concentration. Further investigation led to a diagnosis of primary splenic diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (PS-DLBCL). Brainstem auditory-evoked potentials (BAEP) indicated minor abnormalities. CPM was successfully resolved after splenectomy and immunochemotherapy. This is the first reported case of CPM in a patient with PS-DLBCL confirmed by a pathological diagnosis following splenectomy and BAEP-detected abnormalities that improved with immunochemotherapy.
ISSN:0918-2918
1349-7235
1349-7235
DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine.3926-24