Bilateral symmetrical enhancing brainstem lesions: an unusual presentationof primary CNS lymphoma

Authors
Larner, AJ D'Arrigo, C Scaravilli, F Howard, RS
Citation
Aj. Larner et al., Bilateral symmetrical enhancing brainstem lesions: an unusual presentationof primary CNS lymphoma, EUR J NEUR, 6(6), 1999, pp. 721-723
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology
Journal title
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
ISSN journal
13515101 → ACNP
Volume
6
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
721 - 723
Database
ISI
SICI code
1351-5101(199911)6:6<721:BSEBLA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We report a patient with a progressive brainstem syndrome, who on magnetic resonance imaging had large bilateral, symmetrical, contrast-enhancing, inf ratentorial space-occupying lesions. Biopsy of one of the lesions revealed this unusual appearance to be due to a primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma of B-cell type. Symmetry of lesions may be a clue to the diagnosi s, perhaps reflecting the mechanism by which CNS lymphomas spread, fur J Ne urol 6:721-723 (C) 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.