[Primary CNS lymphoma. Infratentorial localization and prolonged survival].
A case of a 35-year-old woman presenting infratentorial CNS lymphoma is reported. In 1990 she complained of diplopia, blurred vision and left horizontal nistagmus. An MRI disclosed a lesion in the medulla, pons, and cerebellar vermis and peduncles. Although no treatment was administered, a later RMI showed less extension of the tumor. One year after clinical diagnosis, she received corticosteroids; during the second year a stereotaxic biopsy of the cerebellar lesion was done showing a diffuse B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. A whole brain irradiation was given (50 Gy). She did well for five years, and remains alive (79 months).
Grinberg
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Departamento de Clinica Médica, Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas Alfredo Lanari, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Muchnik
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Cura
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Casas Parera
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015192:Infratentorial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011788:Quality of Life