Case 30-1983: A 76-Year-Old Man with Seizures and a Right Frontal Mass

Richard C. Cabot, Robert E. Scully, Eugene J. Mark, Betty U. Mcneely, Marvin P. Fried, Max L. Goodman

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Abstract

Presentation of Case A 76-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of a question of a meningioma. He was well until one year earlier, when he began to have a chronic cough and to lose weight. Two weeks before admission he entered another hospital because of pneumonia. Evaluation showed evidence of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, with a white-cell count of 30,000 and 75 per cent lymphocytes. Repeated stool specimens gave negative tests for occult blood. The thyroxine was normal; serum immunoelectrophoresis revealed a diffuse increase in gamma globulins. An x-ray film of the chest showed bilateral pulmonary infiltrates. A culture.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)226-235
Number of pages10
JournalNew England Journal of Medicine
Volume309
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 28 1983
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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