title: MR findings of primary central nervous system lymphoma in a child. A case report.
abstract: MR imaging of a rare case of primary central nervous system lymphoma in a 12-year-old boy with headache and seizure is presented. MR imaging showed a mass lesion located in the corpus callosum. Diagnosis was made by stereotactic biopsy. The patient was treated with radiotherapy. Early control MR imaging showed a decrease in tumor size but after 12 months an increase in tumor size was detected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ciftçi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Erden
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akyar
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002648:Child; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed