COMBINED OCCURRENCE OF PRIMARY CEREBRAL LYMPHOMA AND MENINGIOMA

A unique combination of primary cerebral lymphoma and meningioma was e ncountered in a 38-year-old woman who recently presented clinically wi th headache and papilledema. The both tumors were identified by CT sca n and diagnosed histopathologically after the surgery. The association of a highly malignant primary cerebral lymphoma and a slowly growing meningioma is extremely rare. The possibility of an unknown underlying pathologic mechanism predisposing to multiple tumors should be consid ered.