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A 73-year-old man with a history of marginal zone lymphoma was admitted to the emergency room for diplopia and ipsilateral headache. The Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) demonstrated intense and symmetrical hypermetabolism of the cavernous sinuses, and hypermetabolic lesions diffusely in the lymph nodes and bones. The diagnosis of high-grade relapse of lymphomatous disease was made. In this context, the homogenous and symmetric lesion of the cavernous sinuses, without any other encephalic or meningeal lesions, raised the hypothesis of a paraneoplastic origin. A plausible paraneoplastic link between the neuro-ophthalmological lesion and the malignant disorder is IgG4-related disease, a condition that may be associated with lymphoma. As in our case, this diagnosis is often presumptive because histopathological confirmation is difficult to obtain., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published

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Thrombocytopenia is defined by a platelet level below 150 G/l. However, the limit of 100 G/l seems more appropriate to determine which thrombocytopenia will require further investigation. Initially, a thorough medical history should be performed as well as screening for any signs of bleeding. After having excluded the presence of platelet aggregates, it should be determined whether thrombocytopenia is isolated or associated with other abnormalities (cytopenias coagulation disorder, abnormal renal or liver tests). Causes of thrombocytopenia along with the biological tests to achieve diagnosis, will be detailed in this article. We will then determine the medical emergencies that will need to be addressed to a reference center: active bleeding biological signs of disseminated intravascular coagulation, acute renal failure, platelet count < 30 G/l (or < 50 G/l if the patient is on anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy) significant and/or brutal onset pancytopenia. Outside these situations where vital prognosis is engaged, the patient should be rapidly addressed in case of platelet count between 30 and 50 G/l without any concomitant anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy. Platelet levels between 50 and 100 G/l will require investigation, without any urgency, in outpatient haematology clinic., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published