title: Primary bilateral adrenal lymphoma relapsing as a solid cerebral mass after complete clinical remission: a case report.
abstract: Primary adrenal lymphoma is extremely rare. Only 75 cases have been reported in the medical literature. A case of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma originating in both adrenal glands is presented. Combination chemotherapy apparently produced complete disappearance of the primary lymphomatous lesions, but subsequently a cerebral relapse was discovered 6 months later, in the form of a solid brain mass. Cranial extension of primary adrenal lymphoma is extremely unusual, and the presentation as a solid mass seems to be unique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Soroka University Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mermershtain
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liel
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zirkin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lupu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lantsberg
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012074:Remission Induction