Malignant lymphoma of the scalp at the site of a previous blunt trauma: report of two cases.
We describe two cases with malignant lymphoma presented as scalp tumors. Both patients had slowly growing subcutaneous lymphoma masses in the scalp after head trauma. In the first case, the scalp lymphoma presented as a recurrent disease during complete remission of her systemic lymphoma after chemotherapy. In the second case, the tumor involved the scalp, subjacent skull, and intracranial space without systemic manifestation. These cases represent examples of a possible relationship between head trauma and the development of between head trauma and the development of tumors involving the brain and its coverings.
Morioka
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Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Tashima
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Nishio
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Nishie
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Fukui
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Okamura
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology