Neoplastic Parkinsonism: An illustrative case report

Abstract

Non-Hodgkin′s lymphoma of T-cell types are rare neoplasms. Central nervous system metastasis is unusual. We are reporting a patient with peripheral T-cell lymphoma unspecified who had extra nodal metastasis into the brain that manifested with extrapyramidal dysfunction. The clinical presentation was exceptional in that the course was indolent and patient had no overt extra neural manifestations of malignancy for nearly 3 years after the onset of Parkinsonism. Striking brain imaging late in the disease supported by pathological findings enabled the diagnosis of this rare condition.

Keywords

• Brain
• hemorrhagic secondaries
• neoplastic parkinsonism
• peripheral T-cell lymphoma unspecified metastasis