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    症例1:82歳,男性。急激な意識障害の原因として血管内大細胞Bリンパ腫が疑われ当科を紹介受診。下腹部を中心に毛細血管拡張と淡い紅斑を認め,側胸部には老人性血管腫を認めた。紅斑と老人性血管腫からの皮膚生検で血管腫の血管内や脂肪層の血管内に異形単核球を確認した。症例2:72歳,女性。意識障害とMRI所見から血管内大細胞Bリンパ腫が疑われ当科を紹介受診。側頸部の老人性血管腫2箇所を生検したところ2箇所ともに血管腫の血管内にのみ異形単核球を認め,血管内大細胞Bリンパ腫と診断した。近年血管内大細胞Bリンパ腫のランダム皮膚生検の有用性が提唱されているが,ランダム皮膚生検施行の際には老人性血管腫からの生検も有用であると考え,文献的考察を加えて報告する。
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    症例は57歳,男性.約6カ月前より痙性不全対麻痺と両下肢の感覚障害が出現した.弛張熱・全身倦怠感を伴った.入院時ferritin 2,351ng/ml,可溶性IL-2R 8,260U/mlであり,腹部CTで脾腫を認めた.血管内リンパ腫(intravascular large B-cell lymphoma:IVL)を強く疑ったが,骨髄・筋生検では確定診断に至らなかった.皮疹は認めなかったが,6カ所よりランダム皮膚生検を施行したところ,全ての検体でCD20陽性のB細胞性大型リンパ腫細胞が皮下の血管内に充満しており,アジア亜型IVLと診断できた.
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    血管内大細胞型B細胞リンパ腫(intravascular large B-cell lymphoma:IVLBCL)は,全身臓器の細小血管内に腫瘍細胞が選択的に増殖する節外性B細胞リンパ腫の一型である.近年,MYD88変異やCD79B変異,PD-L1構造異常を高率に伴う分子遺伝学的特徴が明らかとなり,治療においては,R-CHOP(リツキシマブ,シクロホスファミド,ドキソルビシン,ビンクリスチン,プレドニゾロン)療法に中枢神経指向治療を組み合わせることによる良好な治療成績が示された.病態への理解の深化と治療成績のさらなる向上が今後の課題である.
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    症例は60歳男性である.発熱,頭痛,回転性めまいを主訴に来院した.軽度の失調性歩行を呈し,MRI拡散強調画像で左頭頂葉に線状の高信号域をみとめた.血清LDHと可溶性IL-2受容体の上昇から血管内リンパ腫がうたがわれたが,初回の皮膚・骨髄生検では診断にいたらなかった.2ヵ月後,左上肢の感覚障害が出現し,右前頭葉,両頭頂葉に新規病変をみとめた.全身検索の結果,体部CTで両腎に多発性低吸収域をみとめ,腎生検で組織学的に血管内大細胞性B細胞リンパ腫と診断した.本疾患は比較的まれであるが,急速に進行し予後不良となるばあいもあるため,すみやかな全身検索により適切な生検部位を確定し,早期診断に努めることが重要である.
    Abstract We report a case of a 59-year-old man who first presented with a nodal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma that later relapsed as an intravascular large B-cell lymphoma. In the initial biopsy specimen, a few intranodal small vessels that contained large lymphoma cells were noted. After 8 months of multiagent chemotherapy, clinical remission was attained. Two years after the initial diagnosis of nodal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, the patient presented with a rapid onset of multiorgan failure, which at autopsy was shown to be due to intravascular large B-cell lymphoma. Molecular genetic studies showed that these 2 lymphomas had immunoglobulin heavy-chain gene rearrangements that were of identical size, suggesting that they were derived from the same clone. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a nodal large B-cell lymphoma that relapsed as an intravascular large B-cell lymphoma. Although this report is of only a single case, the presence of a relatively inconspicuous intravascular component in an otherwise typical nodal large B-cell lymphoma may be predictive and could affect clinical decisions regarding diagnosis, monitoring, and prognosis of such lymphomas.
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    B-cell lymphoma
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    Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (IVLBCL) is a rare (<1%), typically aggressive extranodal variant of mature non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma. IVLBCL is characterized by malignant lymphoid cells lodged within blood vessels, particularly capillary channels. Herein, we present a case of a 50-year-old man with a history of myeloradiculitis (∼1 year) and paraparesis requiring hospitalization. During the course of his hospital stay, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging, CT-positron emission tomography, and biopsy failed to establish a diagnosis. The patient died 2 months later from bilateral pneumonia. Postmortem examination was undertaken to determine the cause of death. Histologic sections of the patient’s brain, heart, lung, and liver showed aggregates of highly atypical cells bearing enlarged, pleomorphic, and hyperchromatic nuclei. Strong intravascular positivity for CD45 and CD20 markers indicated the cells were of B-cell origin, supporting a diagnosis of IVLBCL.
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