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Interference in microscopic cerebrospinal fluid cell count after intrathecal injection of cytarabine: a case report

BJH - volume 7, issue 6, december 2016

M. Camaiani PharmD, C. Chevalier PharmD

Summmary

A lumbar puncture was performed in a 45-year-old man with Cerebellar and Medullar T-cell lymphoma Not Otherwise Specified treated periodically with intrathecal injections of cytarabine. Laboratory analysis of cerebrospinal fluid resulted in technical interference with potential clinical implications.

(BELG J HEMATOL 2016;7(6):236–9)

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