title: [Primary lymphoma of bone: imaging features].
abstract: Primary lymphoma of bone (PLB) has benefited from recent advances in medical imaging and immunohistochemical study that are of prognostic and therapeutic value. From 3 case reports of PLB involving the iliac bone and the skull base, we review the definition of PLB and their main features. The importance of complete initial workup for staging in order to exclude secondary bone lymphomas, more frequent and of worse prognosis, is emphasized. Diagnosis of PLB involving the skull base is more difficult to obtain and nearly always requires neurosurgical biopsy unlike PLB of peripheral bones that are more readily amenable to percutaneous biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hospital Farhad Hached 4000, Sousse, Tunisie, France. radiologie@CHU_hached.rns.tn.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Amara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elomri
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cherni
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tlili
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mrad-Dali
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sriha
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kraiem
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nabli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography