CEREBRAL LYMPHOMAS - CLINICAL-FEATURES AN D NEURORADIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS

28 patients (13 female, 15 male) were included in a retrospective clin ical study. They were admitted to the University Hospital of Essen bet ween 1980 and 1992 with the diagnosis of cerebral lymphoma. The ;mean age was 46.1 years. 14 patients suffered fi om I primary cerebral lymp homa, 9 from intracerebral metastasis of systemic lymphomas, 3 from me ningiosis lymphomatosa, and 2 from cerebral lymphomas associated with AIDS. Diagnosis was confirmed by stereotactic biopsy. All patients wer e examined by CT; in individual cases, MRI studies were performed. The aim of this study was to identify neuroradiological differences betwe en primary and secondary intracerebral lymphomas. The clinical feature s of the two patient groups were compared. Present data indicate that in patients with secondary intracerebral lymphomas the disease was mor e often multifocal. The prognosis was worse than in patients with prim ary intracerebral lymphomas.