title: Primary lymphoma of bone: the use of MRI in pretreatment evaluation.
abstract: Primary lymphoma of bone (PLB) is an uncommon neoplasm representing only 5% of all extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. The precise role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning is unknown. A review of the literature and a recent case treated at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in which MRI unveiled other foci of disease undetected by routine staging studies is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35233.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salter
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Sollaccio
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Bernreuter
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weppelmann
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013977:Tibia / Q000473:pathology*