RESUMO

Follicular lymphoma is the second most common lymphoma throughout the world. Its course is usually indolent. Affection of Central Nervous System by a follicular lymphoma is usually as primary disease, and secondary affection is usually due to high-grade transformation. In this case-report we describe a young patient who presented a follicular lymphoma which secondary affected the central nervous system without high grade transformation.

Assuntos

Linfoma Folicular/patologia , Neoplasias Meníngeas/patologia , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/patologia , Adulto , Anticorpos Monoclonais/uso terapêutico , Anticorpos Monoclonais Murinos , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Ciclofosfamida/uso terapêutico , Doxorrubicina/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Linfoma Folicular/tratamento farmacológico , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Neoplasias Meníngeas/tratamento farmacológico , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/tratamento farmacológico , Prednisona/uso terapêutico , Rituximab , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Vincristina/uso terapêutico