[Primary lymphoma of the cranial vault. Apropos of a case].
Primary lymphomas of the cranial vault are most unusual lesions. Only six cases have been described in the literature. We report a case of a 71 year old female who was admitted with an occipital mass. A C.T. scan revealed a mainly extra cranial tumor with an osteolysis of the cranial vault and a small intracranial component. It was diagnosed as a phenotype B centroblastic lymphoma. Half of the patients reported in the literature had a subcutaneous mass as the main symptom. These neoplasms are usually highly malignant tumors. The treatment realized is neurosurgical excision followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Pasteur, Nice.
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D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed