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We describe a patient with primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) who presented with symptoms of subacute onset of dysautonomia. Autonomic testing indicated a peripheral autonomie neuropathy while magnetic resonance imaging revealed brainstem involvement. We propose that this patient's autonomie dysfunction could be the result of a paraneoplastic syndrome and PCNSL should be considered in the differential diagnosis of dysautonomia.
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Ficker, D.M., Hammack, J.E. Primary central nervous system lymphoma presenting as autonomic dysfunction. J Neuro-Oncol 23, 245–248 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01059956
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