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Fifteen cases of pure supradiapragmatic lymphoma with initial prominent antero-superior mediastinal involvement displaying a B-cell pattern of reactivity were studied. These cases occurred in six men and nine women with a median age of 33 years at diagnosis (range, 23 to 75 years). Supradiapragmatic peripheral lymphadenopathies were present in three cases, and intrathoracic extension to the lung, pericardium, or pleura was possible. In five cases a thymic origin was obvious. All cases exhibited a B-cell pattern of differentiation, with a great variety of histopathologic aspects associated with a high frequency of fibrosis and/or necrosis. Hodgkin's disease was initially misdiagnosed in four cases. The evolution was purely local, with extrathoracic extension in five cases, at the ultimate phase of the disease. The prognosis appeared to be poor with only five patients still alive at a median survival time of 16 months. A complete chemoresistance and radio-resistance was observed in seven cases; only two complete remissions were achieved with aggressive chemotherapy. Prolonged remission could be achieved after surgical reduction of the mass. Primary B-cell mediastinal lymphoma appears to be a distinct clinical entity with local evolution and resistance to therapy. A new therapeutic regimen, which could include surgery in some cases, should be found for this disease.
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We report the case of a 4 year-old boy who died from cerebral toxoplasmosis while in remission from acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The clinical picture was remarkably insidious and non specific: diagnosis is particularly difficult in immunodepressed patients. Diagnosis was made on seroconversion. No autopsy was performed. An association of sulfadiazine-pyrimethamine is often effective, but the prognosis is poor in the absence of a specific and precocious treatment.