title: [Malignant lymphoma at the cavernous sinus].
abstract: A 71-year-old man developed general fatigue, appetite loss, and headache. Two months later, he noticed diplopia. Examination demonstrated reduced visual acuity and complete ophthalmoplegia of the left eye. Brain MRI disclosed a mass that extended from bilateral cavernous sinus to the clivus. There were left cervical lymphadenopathy and a right abdominal mass. A needle biopsy of the abdominal mass revealed non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Although malignant lymphoma at the cavernous sinus is not common, it should be an important consideration in the differential diagnosis of mass at the cavernous sinus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Kumamoto National Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchino
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002426:Cavernous Sinus; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male