| Period | 2020-09-01~2020-09-30 |
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| Diagnosis | Lymphomatoid granulomatosis |
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| Age | 43 |
| Clinical information | 43세 여자 우연히 발견된 multiple lung nodule 주소로 내원하여 시행한 brain MRI 이다. 진단은? |
| Discussion | Lymphomatoid granulomatosis Rare Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)–associated B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder Involves the lungs most frequently followed by the skin and brain Non-specific neurologic symptoms & unremarkable lab findings Pathologically angiocentric and angiodestructive polymorphous lymphoid infiltrate -- composed predominantly of lymphocytes admixed with plasma cells, immunoblasts, and histiocytes Imaging finding - Perivascular granulomatous infiltrates of lymphoid cells - correlated with enhanced lesions (multiple punctate and linear enhancements along the medullary vessels) on MR - Ring-like, nodular enhanced brain lesions in LG - patchy or diffuse T2 hyperintense areas in WM (nonspecific) - reactive or ischemic change caused by the disease |
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