Primary malignant lymphoma in the cerebellopontine angle.
Primary malignant lymphoma is an uncommon disease of the central nervous system (CNS). Immuno-compromised patients are at high risk of development of malignant lymphoma. We describe a case of primary CNS lymphoma presenting as a solitary cerebellopontine angle lesion. The patient had undergone extirpation of rectal cancer four years previously. Malignant lymphoma presenting as a cerebellopontine angle mass is extremely rare, with only 10 such cases (seven were primary, and the other secondary) previously reported.
Kariya
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Department of Otolaryngology, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital and Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
Nishizaki
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Aoji
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Akagi
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D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed